black robes, gray hair is tonight's "inside story." activists from both national political parties worked to elect the next president with a wish list in their heads and you can be very sure many are clear on the role the next president can play on shaping the new supreme court. look at hobby lobby, bush v gore, if you don't think it matters who's on the supreme court you aren't paying attention. joe patrice, deeply immersed in all things supreme court, welcome to the program about. >> thanks for having me. >> well there have been 5-4 major decisions, everyone is watching anthony kennedy yet again. is this a pretty balanced court that we have now? >> not to undermine how many 9-0 decisions there have been, there are a lot of supreme court cases that are not moving the needle politically. but on things that really matter to people politically, we have four conservatives, four liberals, and justice kennedy is chair of the party that is conservative on everything but gay marriage. >> is there a change on two or three justices in the term

is black robes, gray hair, it's tonight tonight's "inside story." welcome to "inside story," i'm ray suarez. four supreme court justices are north of 75 years old. when the next president takes the oath of office they'll all be well, older. not wishing anyone ill health or impairment, it is reasonable to assume the next president who will serve from 2017 to 2021, will be able to put his or her stamp on the nation's court. look. >> of the nine justices on the supreme court, four of them are over 74 years old. antonin scalia is 78, stephen bryer, a steadfast linl i liber6 and b ruth bade rfertio bader gindburg ier ginsburg is is 82. if ginsburg has to retire, shifting the court to the right, as it stands with ginsburg the court has four reliable votes, to the right with chief justice roberts, there are four conservatives, and anthony kennedy, the swing vote over four of the five biggest decisions in the past ten years. ending affirmative action, and giving the presidential nomination to george w. bush. >> if the justices would have a chance to replace

is black robes, gray hair, it's tonight tonight's "inside story."

is black robes, gray hair, it's tonight tonight's "inside story."

is black robes, gray hair, it's tonight tonight's "inside story."

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robes and they dressed up as tacos. there were some instances where they were mocking black lives matter movement. it was interesting.so made this so interesting is this year they said we were going to be more diverse but you can still see some steps to go when it comes to that. >> with thousands of people, some people just are not up to speed and don't understand, and understand is what going on. majority of the parade was fantastic. >> it is unfortunate that we see it happening but is there so many people involved, and, you know, there is a few that are ruining you the. >> dopes are not quite up to speed. >> but hopefully we are moving forward. because you this made national news. hopefully they will take this moving forward and it can be a learning moment. >> how many times have i said that on this show. >> maybe this is the time. >> this is it. >> this is it, 2017 will be perfect. >> have after a heart breaking season the suffering is finally over, the eagles are, done playing golf but they did on their final day beat the the new york giants 35-30. interim coach pat shurmur was at met life stadium, giving an inte