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for one of their own, the late john paul stevens. the end of the courts term is just weeks away. >> the whole host of consequential decisions to ter comes to an end. >> is this the end of roe v. wade. >> of law and life. >> at the services the judges call themself as happy family. beneath the surface, there is much more to the story. >> theyre not only not getting along with each other. they dont like each other. >> it is a court at war with itself. and in the center stands chief justi...

an idyllic spring morning. no hint of what is to come that night. the nine justices of the supreme court attend a memorial service for one of their own, the late john paul stevens. the end of the courts term is just weeks away. >> a whole host of consequential decisions to come. >> a bitterly divided country awaits a momentous decision. >> is this the end of roe v. wade? >> -- of law and of life. >> reporter: at the service the judges look collegial. they call themselves a happy family...

Years. >> republicans definitely believe that democrats started this. now that they did this to bork, were going to bork everybody else. >> a young senator from kentucky had the last word. >> so to robert bork, you fought the good fight. you happen to be the one who set the new senate standard that will be applied in my judgment by a majority of the senate prospectively. unfortunately, it got set over your dead body, so to speak. >> he essentially said you will rue the day. >> and he was right. ...

Prospectively. unfortunately, it got set over your dead body so to speak. >> he essentially said you will rule the day. >> and he was right. >> this is a circus. this is a national disgrace. it is a high lynching for uppity blacks. >> the circus hearing has become a repeated ritual. >> that is a farce. >> it would be the greatest travesty ive ever seen in the nomination process. >> the more corrosive the hearings grew, the more americas trust in the court coll collapsed. how did we get here to u...

Fought the good fight. you happen to be the one who set the new senate standard. that will be applied in my judgment by a majority of the senate prospectively. unfortunately, it got set over your dead body, so to speak. >> he essentially said you will rue the day. >> and he was right. >> this is a circus. its a national disgrace. it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks. >> the circus hearing has become a repeated ritual. >> that is a farce. >> it would be the greatest travesty ive ever seen...