It's not just an election. Imagine you were on the court that decided Brown v. Board of Education. Imagine that you were on the court that – that had to decide, for example, whether President Nixon was immune from giving – didn't have to turn the tapes over to Archie Cox. Imagine that.
Breyer reflects on the weight of decisions made by the Supreme Court during significant political moments.
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