On Wednesday, I attended oral argument at the Supreme Court. While on the security line, I bumped into Joan Biskupic. She mentioned that she was publishing a new book, titled Nine Black Robes. I asked what it was about. She said the Roberts Court. I asked her to send me more information about the book. Biskupic then made it through the magnetometer and hustled to the press room. I went upstairs.
The next day, Biskupic published an exclusive in CNN titled "How Ginsburg's death and Kavanaugh's maneuvering shaped the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade and abortion rights." This column is excerpted from her new book, which has the full titled, "NINE BLACK ROBES: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences." In the old days, when Biskupic published a bombshell, it went kaboom. We learned things that we couldn't figure out on our own. Now, her exclusives are barely there. At most, she confirms things that are fairly obvious. Or she tells us things that are sort of novel, but do not get to the heart of the Court's decision-making process.
Let's walk through the new column. First, Biskupic recounts that shortly after RBG's death, the Chief's office moved all of her belongings to the theater on the Supreme Court's ground floor:
