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So it is absolutely shameful. i mean those were strong words by chief justice roberts about how the court is not upholding its constitutional duty to make sure that these rights are not violated. >> i mean sotomayor compared it -- the logic here, she invokes john c. calhoun, one of the great villains of american history, the sort of intellectual force behind the confederacy and the slave power, who before the civil war writes an anonymous pamphlet essentially laying out a legal theory that states can nullify federal law. and sotomayor in her opinion says this looks like nullification. we have ...

Invokes john c. calhoun, one of the great villains of american history that sort of intellectual force behind the confederacy and the slave power, who before the civil war writes wars, writes an anonymous pamphlet essentially laying out theory that states can nullify federal law and in her opinion, says, this looks like nullification. we have a constitutional protected right to abortion in this country, this state says we came up with a clever way to nullify it and this court is going to okay it. >> that's right. and the justice is right. and she was joined by justices kaegan and friar and of ...

Results of the presidential election of 1856, won by James Buchanan with 174 electoral votes

Results of the presidential election of 1856, won by James Buchanan with 174 electoral votes

Many people who came of age in the 1950s and 60s view the Supreme Court as a force for good when it comes to race. But the court has often been the most anti-progressive branch of the federal government.