for one of their own, the late john paul stevens. the end of the court s 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. they re not only not getting along with each other. they don t like each other. it is a court at war with itself. and in the center stands chief justice john roberts. john roberts is someone who is used to winning. he s very much a just dicial conservative. not a fan of roe v. wade. but the set is keenly aware abolishing roe could tear america apart. cared more about preserving the legitimacy of the supreme court. which meant saving roe. he wasn t going to let go. months earlier. abortion justice. oral arguments in the case of dobbs versus jackson women s health center. at issue, a mississippi law that would limit but not eli
gone with the chief. prior to his confor mirmatio hearings, he was thought of someone that liked to be in the middle. that was prior to the hearings. i hope the american people can see through the sham. the fight over kavanaugh s nomination was ugly. a nomination in turmoil. this is destroying my family. physical and sexual assault. i ve never sexual assaulted anyone. it was just a train wreck. so help me god. some even thought that damaging hearings might affect kavanaugh s vote on roe. he would have enraged conservatives by not overturning roe v. wade right now those are his only friends. yet, as the spring wore on, there appeared to be a chance kavanaugh might flip. a lot of chattering conservative circles he might be about to go along with chief justice roberts. then the stakes rose higher and late april, the wall street journal fired a warning shot