stop them. they don t bow to public pressure. they are not a collective. and you now have people on the court, five of the nine are there because of people who didn t even win the popular vote. they are pushing for an agenda that doesn t respect the president. even some of them said before congress, so there is nothing to stop it. this is indeed an invasion of privacy issue, at least for the courts, on abortion. there are a lot of other decisions that are based on the position of privacy. what stops the court from pulling back? yeah, that s exactly the question i think is on everyone s mind as the story continues to develop. we charles blow, michelle goldberg, thank you very much. we greatly appreciated your
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actually came before l the courtjust a couple, about five months ago, and it was already apparent then that this conservative i court, because it s now 6 3 in favour of conservative i justices, it was going - to strike it down, but once that draft opinion goti leaked this last week, which was actually quite - a major event in the court s history, because it has rarely ever happened, it was like i the difference between knowing something is going to happen . and the emotional impact of it actually becoming i or seeming reality. and has nowjust exposed this incredible divide that we havel in the us on abortion. and i think is also beginning to call into the legitimacy. of this high court, because it is so stacked in one direction, three of whose justices were appointed i by a president we just had to did not win the popular| vote, who were confirmed . by a senate who represent a party that also have a minority support in the country, - this is really bringing up fundamental- questions
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