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For june. >> how conscious are the judges or politics in any case going into a presidential election? the court will be an issue. the democrats will be saying look what president trump did, kavanaugh will still be an issue. how much does that wrinkle in to what they do? >> they like to say theyre only looking at the law, theyre only looking at precedent, but theyre so aware of the political overlay. and you remember what chief j justice roberts mantra is, its not about the election, but in the m...

Of the mill case that was decided and never been reconsidered. casey specifically reconsidered it, applied the factors, and decided to reaffirm it. that makes casey a precedent on precedent. another example of that, you might say there are other cases like that, miranda. so miranda reaffirmed a lot. in the dickerson case in 2000, chief j the opinion reaffirms miranda. even though the chief justice, by the way, had been a fervent critic of miranda throughout his career, he decided it had been set...

based on the commerce clause of the constitution. but it was upheld based on the tax writing provisions of the u.s. congress, and the executive branch of the u.s. government. a 5-4 decision. the key decision by the chief justice of the united states, john roberts. he sided with the other, the democratic appointed members of the supreme court, breyer, ginsberg, kagan, sotomayor, together with chief justice john roberts, they were in the majority. kennedy, scalia, alito and thomas, they ...