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Justices appointed by donald j. trump. fears about the ultra conservative majority seemed to come true as they took up two high-profile abortions to roe v. wade in nearly half a century. those cases and a handful of other issues remain unresolved as we head into the new year. nbc justice correspondent pete williams shows us what's in store for the supreme court in 2022. >> abortion began dominating the supreme court term even before it officially started. it aloud texas to continue enforcing sb-8 while the battle for its constitutionality raged on. the law bans abortions after six weeks of pre...

Court. >> a lot of liberals will be worried more bad stuff is happening this year. melissa, megan says roe v wade is in trouble. if they do overturn it, do you think they'll bother putting up any convincing legal argument or is it just native ideology. >> i think roe v. wade is in the cross hairs we saw it in oral arguments on december 1st and is it fact that the court decided to take up the question of sb-8 and left that law intact and in force in the state of texas where millions of women have been without their rights for over three months now. so all of this suggests this is a court that h...

It's time to overturn it. are you out of step with the american people on this? >> not. in fact, 71% of americans believe there should be some reasonable restrictions on abortion. when i ran for governor, i talked about being the most pro-life above in the country. science has proven to us that life begins at conception, and the bill that i'm bringing this year to our legislature says that when a heartbeat is detected, then abortions should not be an option for people, that we need to protect those babies. and i think what's interesting in south dakota is we've proven this issue doesn't have t...

Catching on of, you know, citizens ratting each other out? it's -- it's like canceling your neighbor across the street or next door. >> what happened with that texas sb 8 law was that the supreme court made a decision by not making a decision, and they said, you know, stare decisis doesn't matter if we agree with the principle. they sort of said this passively. if we agree with the principle of the law, we don't care how crazy it is. instead of overturning it, which a lot of court watchers even on the conservative side thought would happen, instead they let it stand. so now the message was, if...

It's time to overturn it. are you out of step with the american people on this? >> not. in fact, 71% of americans believe there should be some reasonable restrictions on abortion. when i ran for governor, i talked about being the most pro-life above in the country. science has proven to us that life begins at conception, and the bill that i'm bringing this year to our legislature says that when a heartbeat is detected, then abortions should not be an option for people, that we need to protect those babies. and i think what's interesting in south dakota is we've proven this issue doesn't have t...