presidential authority? the composition of this court seems not to have that much of an appetite to slow down in social areas and overturn things. >> that goes back to the point dave was making. what does robert want his legacy to be? does he want the roberts court to be the court that turns back the clock on gay rights, turns back the clock in the united states of america on the right of a woman to get a safe and legal abortion? does he want that? he has the opportunity. i think he's got the votes to do a lot of those things. >> yeah. >> so the question is, will he side with the four less conservative justices to stop the review of some of these cases, or will he open the gates and decide that his court will be the court that will be talked about for decades? i frankly think it would politically probably benefit my party if he did that. it is not something i wish for. i think it'd be terrible for this country. think about all the married gay