STILL AHEAD OF >>> AS WE MENTIONED AT THE TOP
OF THE HOUR, CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN
ROBERTS BROKE ON A LAW THAT
WOULD HAVE LIMITED POWER IN
LOUISIANA.
LOUISIANA. THE DECISION CAN BE SUMMED UP
THIS WAY -- I’M NOT GOING TO DO
FOR YOU IN A COURT DECISION WHAT
YOU CAN DO FOR YOURSELF IN THE
BALLOT BOX.
BALLOT BOX. AT THE TIME PEOPLE WERE SAYING
ROBERTS WAS TRYING TO DEFEND THE
INTEGRITY OF THE SUPREME COURT
AND REPUTATION OF THE SUPREME
COURT.
COURT. HERE IT SEEMS AT LEAST FOR NOW
YOU HAVE JOHN ROBERTS SAYING I
UNDERSTAND THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT WANT ROE V. WADE
OVERTURNED NOW, LIGHT BREATH
CAVANAUGH, BUT I’M NOT GOING TO
SO QUICKLY JUMP INTO THAT
AFRAID.
AFRAID. FOR AT 50-WREER PRECEDENT THAT
ACCORDING TO A KAISER FOUNDATION
POLL LAST YEAR, 67% OF AMERICANS
DON’T WANT OVERTURNED.
THAT WOULD SEVERELY UNDERMINE,
I’M SURE MANY WOULD BELIEVE, THE
CREDIBILITY OF THE SUPREME
COURT.
COURT. >> THAT’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, JOE.
THIS IS ABOUT THE INTEGRITY.
THIS PARTICULAR CASE WAS A LAW
WRITTEN TO PREVENT WOMEN FROM
HAVING ABORTIONS.
HAVING ABORTIONS. IT WAS WRITTEN IN SUCH A WAY
THAT IT ON ALLOWS I THINK ONE
DOCTOR IN THE ENTIRE STATE TO
MEET ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS,
WHICH IS ABSURD.
IT’S WORKING IELT WAY THROUGH
THE COURTS SO THIS IS JUST A
STAY.
STAY. JUDGE ROBERTS SUSPECT THERE’S
GOING TO BE A LOT OF LEGAL
CHALLENGES COMING THROUGH, AND I
THINK HE’S TRYING TO SHOW THIS
CAN BE A BALANCED, INDEPENDENT
INSTITUTION, WHICH IS SO
IMPORTANT NOW AMBASSADOR WE HAVE
A PRESIDENT WHO IS LOOKING TO
JUST DEFILE ALL OF OUR BASIC
PILLARS OF DEMOCRACY.
>> AND IT LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST
AGAIN, AT LEAST FOR THIS STAY,
JOHN ROBERTS IS FILLING THE
POSITION THAT ANTHONY KENNEDY
DID BEFORE AND SANDRA DAY
O’CONNOR DID BEFORE WHERE, YES,
THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE LAW BUT
THEY WERE ALSO LOOKING AT WHERE
TWO-THIRDS OF AMERICAN WERE AND
ALSO TRYING TO FILL FIG OUT
EXACT --
EXACT -- FIGURE OUT HOW FAR THEY CAN MOVE
THE SUPREME COURT IN ONE
DIRECTION OR ANOTHER WITH
SEVERELY DAMAGING THE REPUTATION
OF THAT COURT.
>> SANDRA DAY OCONORS, SHE WAS
OBVIOUSLY POLITICAL.
OBVIOUSLY POLITICAL. JOHN ROBERTS IS AN
INSTITUTIONALIST.
INSTITUTIONALIST. HE IS THE CLOSEST THING ON A
SWING VOTE ON THE COURT RIGHT
NOW.
NOW. HE DOESN’T JUST UNDERSTAND
PRECEDENT, HE VALUES IT.
SO THE PRJ SO WITH THAT
PRECEDENT, THERE WAS NO WAY THAT
ROBERTS WAS GOING TO ALLOW THE
CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY TO JUST
REVERSE IT A COUPLE OF YEARS
LATER AND SAY HAVE AT IT, ANDY
ABORTION FORCES.
ABORTION FORCES. SO IT’S GOING TO BE VERY
INTERESTED GOING FORWARD BUT HE
IS THE CLOSEST THING TO A SWING
VOTE NOW.
VOTE NOW. >> FRNL.
>> FRNL. HOW THE PRESIDENT IS USING THIS