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There appeared to be a chance kavanaugh flight flip. >> a lot of chatter in conservative circles he might be about to go along with chief justice roberts. >> then the stakes rose higher. in late april the "wall street journal" fired a warning shot straight at roberts and kavanaugh. >> the "wall street journal" editorial page is very wired in to the conservative side of this court. >> it called the roberts effort to save roe a ferocious lobbying campaign. >> dont be bullied. dont be persuaded by ...

Term. on the docket are cases that could determine the status of protections under the voting rights act and the clean water act and the future of affirmative action. these decision also be made by a supreme court that has become one nakedly partisan. how did we get here? that is the subject of my latest special airing tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. "supreme power, inside the highest court in the land." perhaps the most illuminating place to start is how the supreme court reached the ...

Especially with dobbs v. jackson, which overturned federal protection of the right to an abortion. tomorrow, it will begin a new term. on the docket are cases that could determine the status of protections under the voting rights act, the clean water act, and the future of affirmative action. these decision also be made by a supreme court that has become one nakedly partisan. how did we get here? that is the subject of my latest special airing tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. "supreme p...

Tomorrow is the first monday in october, the day every year that the u.s. supreme court begins its new term and this one is historic. tonight at 8:00 p.m., fareed zakaria latest documentary supreme power taking a fascinating look inside of the cou courts previous term. here is a preview. >> may 2nd of this year. and idealic spring morning. no hint as to 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. t...

All. and the supreme court, somewhat to the difference of others, has that kind of problem in spades. life is complex. life changes and we want to maintain in so far as we can, everybody does, certain key moral, political value, democracy, human rights, equality, rule of law et cetera. >> in may 2nd months before the dobbs opinion, a draft opinion, very close to what the court decided, leaked to the press. how damaging was that both to the court and what impact did it have on the justices inside...

And he was im sure open to what the chief said, even after he voted the way he did in private to reverse roe. but you know whats, in the very end, he almost always goes with the hard-line antiabortion move as he did here. but again, the key i think was once everything became public on may 2nd, when political published that leaked first draft -- >> with his name is on the people signing on to the majority. >> exactly, it wasnt explicit, but everyone knew that sam alito thought that he had a major...

Anti-abortion move. once everything became public on may 2nd when political published that leaked first draft -- >> with his name signing on to the majority. >> it wasnt explicit but everyone knew sam alito thought he had a majority. then the world knows that brett kavanaugh has voted a particular way and its very hard to go back on that. the hard right conservatives were very anxious about what the chief was doing and they wanted to get the opinion out sooner because they did not want anything ...

A ban from mississippi on abortions after 15 weeks, and then the three liberals who didnt want any disruption with abortion rights and wanted to strike down the mississippi law. the chief worked for weeks and weeks, months to try to pick off one of those five justices on the far right, to stop the overturning of roe. the justices, bianna, hadnt even taken the case originally to decide the momentous question of the future of roe. they had taken it only to decide the mississippi law. and the chief...

Hour. he famously in the obamacare case in 2012 did that. hes known for being quite canny and able to work these compromises at the very end. so hes doing this trying to make some progress and then suddenly on may 2nd this draft opinion becomes public. and what it does, it makes a very difficult task even harder because it locks in these votes. >> you have this fascinating nugget we found out on may 2 when politico published the draft but they knew for days because reporters were trying to verif...