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On both sides of the ideological divide believe it is sort of a last resort for the elected, unaccountable supreme court to protect the process. they only want to step in if there is absolutely no doubt that a law violates the constitution. so that -- that rhetoric of letting the democratic process go forward is something you hear a lot in the supreme court. you heard it today. but also you heard the solicitor general saying sure, the democratic process is right, but when it violates people's rights, this is when justices have to step in. four justices seemed quite happy to step in. they didn'...

>> . >> reporter: well, because by and large, and this is true on both sides of the ideological divide, believe that it's sort of a last resort for the unelected, unaccountable supreme court to preempt the democratic branches of government. by and large, they want to let the democratic processes go forward. and they only want to step in if there is absolutely no doubt that a law violates the constitution. so that rhetoric of sort of letting the democratic process go forward is something you hear a lot in the supreme court. you heard it today. but also you heard donald verrilli, solicitor gener...