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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...

Segregation had an iron grip on the south. >> we had an absolutely no intention of integrating in the south. >> for the brown family of topeka kansas, separate but equal meant their daughter could not attend her they bneighborho school. the supreme court heard the case of brown versus the board of education. like america itself, the board was bitter ly divided. >> inherently unequal. >> a new chief justice was determined to change that. warren knew a ruling in favor of brown would not be enforce...

Conservatives embraced the society. >> very moneyed interest are pouring funds into the federalist society. >> then in 1987 a seismic event turned the federalist society into a conservative juggernaut. ronald reagan nominated a founding member to the supreme court, judge robert boric. >> the boric battle was such a big defining moment in america. >> starting with justice linguist. >> back then they were brief and tame affairs. >> you were a competent judge capable of being a functioning justice,...

I say lets hope thats not the case because it has been too long since washington has worked together, since republicans and democrats have put aside their tribal differences and actually made congress work the way it was supposed to work. i mean, you look from 2010 to 2020, almost everything thats passed through has passed through on partisan votes. one side can blame the other. i guess if we really wanted to we could back to robert borics nomination to the supreme court. maybe you go back to wa...

The house of representatives republicans voted affirmatively to prevent the justice department from even investigating whether or not there was voter suppression. folks, theres a lot more to say, but this is preaching to the choir. let me close, my friends, by saying, i mean this sincerely, just close your eyes and imagine. imagine what the romney justice department will look like. imagine when his senior advisor on issues is robert boric.

dropping out of sight. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." we begin with todays damming new report on penn states universitys cover-up of coach jerry sanduskys sexual attacks on young boys. it says the top people at the university including the legendary football coach, joe paterno, hid what they knew and had no regard for the young victims. just now university officials are promising it will never, never happen again. >> you should know that our hearts remain heavy. and ...

Needs to read a 1970 memo from the office of legal counsel which states very clearly that no one may be a judge in his own case. and says that a president cant pardon himself for that very reason. now, have been legal scholars who disagree with that. solicitor general robert boric back in the day disagreed with that. but then lets take a step back further and try to figure out why this is all going on right now. rudy giuliani is out there saying the president can do anything he wants. this legal...