Court

For all those who are upset with the loss of Roe v Wade take heart. It took the pro lifers 50 years to change the law and it may take many years to change it back. The two oldest Justices are Samuel Alito age 74 and Clarence Thomas age 75. It is likely that sometime in the next 8 years they will both retire or die. This means that the democrats must have the White House and the Senate to reverse Dobbs. Roberts and Sotomayor are both 69 and that would be the next chance for change. Meanwhile states will decide how to deal with the abortion issue. As time passes and states make these changes it may become more difficult for the Supreme Court to over rule. In 1953 Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren as chief justice and thus began 16 year period of a liberal court. The liberals were Brennan, Goldberg, Fortes and Marshall along with Warren. In 1969 the Burger court took control until 1986 with Rehnquist, Powell, Blackmun and Scalia joining Burger. In 1987 Rehnquist replace Burger and the court was considered more conservative. Next in 2005 Roberts replaced Rehnquist and the court was considered more conservative. Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Kennedy and Scalia were considered conservative although Kennedy sometimes strayed. Today's court is more conservative with six right leaning justices. The question remains that if the court has been conservative since 1987 why did it take so long to reverse Roe.