let's remember, 1973 roe v. wade. it's a 7-2 opinion. it's not close. five of those justices were republican appointed. justice blackman who wrote the opinion in roe was appointed by richard nixon. what we see today is a very different type of court that has very partisan leanings and it's hard not to see it in that way for many in the public. >> you know, maya earlier this year justice sotomayor said, quote, there will be a lot of disappointment in the law. hard to know if she was being clairvoyant and about her stent and talk to me about what the role is she'sing if to be playing where she is decided. >> first, she was playing a very important role in the argument, through speaking to the court through the questions of her attorneys about what was at