Wade, “a 7-2 opinion that said states could no longer ban abortion.” “The ’70s were nearly as liberal as the ’60s at the Supreme Court,” said Toobin of an era that included the historic decision in Roe v. When President Richard Nixon, who was only in office for just over five years, was able to name four justices, many observers expected the court to shift dramatically to the right, but that didn’t happen. In the 1960s there were seven liberal judges on the court, which led to a series of liberal landmark rulings. “If you remember one thing about the Supreme Court from my talk, one thing that matters, that’s it,” said Toobin. The author of six books, including “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court,” Toobin traced the court’s evolution over the past 40 years from a liberal body to one deeply divided along partisan lines with “five Republicans and four Democrats.” ’86, a commentator on CNN and a New Yorker staff writer, delivered entertaining anecdotes, as well as a brief history of the court, and predictions about its future during the session, which was sponsored by the Harvard Institute for Learning and Retirement. Supreme Court watcher Jeffrey Toobin offered an inside look Thursday at the nation’s top judicial body, which he described as divided politically but cordial personally, during a discussion at Sanders Theatre.
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