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Today, a sharply divided u.s. supreme court decided that yes, the state must obey that order. california's prisons are by all accounts severely overcrowded, even compliance with today's decision meaning the release of about 32,000 inmates will still only bring the prison population in california down to about 137 percent of capacity. the plaintiffs, a group of inmates, add halg -- had alleged that prisoners as a class, including disabled and menly hand i capped were suffering violation of the eighth amendment on criewsh and unusual punishment, writing for the majority of the justice anthony ke...

Gun ownership groups are likening to brown versus border of ed. a landmark in the history of american constitutional law with profound implications. justice samuel alito writing for the majority, seeing the court's conservative block. he wrote the 14th amendment makes the 2nd amendment right to keep and bear arms applicable. he mental the city of -- meant the city of chicago. the court rejects the suggestion. he noted the right to keep and bear arms must be regarded as saab instant active, not a prohibition to be ignored. justice john paul stevens wrote a stinging descent in which he

And to a home on the beach in the fort lauderdale area, a lot of folks didn't even though he was a supreme court justice, but people who know him have loved him for many decades as he has served on court, very an aassuming but very strong from the bench and a very strong liberal voice. those were big shoes for any justice to step into and it will take time before that influence is filled by any ju justice. i have to say as part of the goodbye for john paul stevens, a number of people in the courtroom were wearing bow ties. >> nice touch. we've been talking about elena kagan's lack of judicial ...

Deciding factor in siding with the court's conservative block justice samuel alito writing for them writing in a majority opinion: gun control groups sought a narrow ruling. >> basically they defined the second amendment as the right to have a gun in your home for self-defense. most other restrictions, background checks, restrictions on military style assault weapons, those are all still presumptively lawful. those are the things we fight for and try to defend. >> the high court also ruled in a separate opinion that the university of california hastings school of law has the right to deny fund...

Reliable, i don't think anyone is expecting unexpected from her, swreel a four-member block appointed by democratic presidents and four-member conservative block, plus justice kennedy. it will be the most partisan court since at least the new deal. >> because they're named partisan they're going behave partisan? >> no. but alignment of the court will fit alignment of the political parties. it's become more politics reached a court in a way it hasn't completely before. >> what have we learned about sonia sotomayor this year? >> she's performed as expected and she's voted with the liberal block ...