Joan Biskupic
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Oct 13, 2026
Imani GandyHOST
Except that doesn't make any goddamn sense.
Imani GandyHOST
Joan Biskupic, who has covered the Supreme Court for damn near 40 years, reported for CNN in 2022 that Chief Justice John Roberts spent the spring of 2022 privately trying to peel off a fifth vote to save at least part of Roe.
Imani GandyHOST
And Brett Kavanaugh was his best shot at that.
Imani GandyHOST
Biscupic sources said the leak made that effort nearly impossible.
Jake TapperHOST
Today kicked off the new term for the U.S. Supreme Court, and there are a handful of potentially blockbuster cases already on the docket.
Jake TapperHOST
CNN's Joan Biskupic is here to walk us through the major cases we're all keeping our eyes on.
Jake TapperHOST
Plus, how many, quote, bad things should the public have to accept for the potential good things, the benefits of AI? Well, the CEO of OpenAI just weighed in, and his answer may surprise you.
Jake TapperHOST
Our law and justice lead now.
Jake TapperHOST
A teenager in Washington, that's true.
Joan BiskupicCORRESPONDENT
At the Supreme Court, yes, exactly.
Jake TapperHOST
Joan Biskupic, thanks so much.
Jake TapperHOST
Coming up next, what we're learning tonight about the U.S. military's abrupt decision to move all of its Air Force bombers out of a base in the U.K.
Kyle PetersonHOST
Well, I don't know how much coverage of the court you read, but you may not be surprised to learn that one leitmotif is that you are a brooding figure.
Kyle PetersonHOST
Here's a, a passage from a book by Joan Biskupic of CNN.
Kyle PetersonHOST
Uh, "You wear a heavy cloak of grievance as if perpetually wronged, destined to be misunderstood." And just wanted to get your reaction to that.
Kyle PetersonHOST
I mean, we seem to be in good humor here, but I know the Phillies won last night, right? So does it depend on the Phillies?
Samuel AlitoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
it? Yeah, I think I have to.
Manu RajuHOST
Joining me now is CNN's chief Supreme Court analyst, Joan Biskupic.
Manu RajuHOST
Joan, it's so great to have you here.
Manu RajuHOST
You know the court better than anybody.
Mike SacksGUEST
That's basic panel decisions.
Mike SacksGUEST
What made that the Obamacare case different? And I think you're talking about I think it was Joan Biskupic's book about the biography of the chief where she wrote about that.
Mike SacksGUEST
The leaked documents that just came out from The New York Times, that was over the the Obama's clean power plan and the very quick shadow docket ruling where Roberts was pretty much acting as the lawyer for the for the industry.
Mike SacksGUEST
within the Supreme Court before they released this unreasoned proto-shadow docket order blocking Obama's Clean Power Plan, again, in Justice Scalia's final vote before he died.
Mike SacksGUEST
I was watching it very closely.
Mike SacksGUEST
At the time, I was a Supreme Court correspondent for the Huffington Post.
Mike SacksGUEST
I was in the Supreme Court when they argued the cases and when they started going into the medicaid expansion it was kind of like whoa okay they can't quite be serious here and i was in the court when they started announcing the decision listening to how it was all going down and you could sort of hear roberts is sounding as though he's going to strike it down and make a quick turn but then they get to the medicaid part you realize oh something happened here And Joan Biskupic's book, she details how it really was like it was Roberts and Kagan, sorry, Kagan and Breyer desperately trying to save the mandate and Roberts being squishy on wanting to strike it down because he didn't want to be like, you know, the court during FDR striking down signature legislation of a popular president.
Mike SacksGUEST
So he ended up holding the individual mandate hostage.
Pamela BrownHOST
[upbeat music] Happening now, a high-profile custody battle between a California couple and a surrogate mother has made its way to the Supreme Court.
Pamela BrownHOST
I want to bring in CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst, Joan Biskupic.
Pamela BrownHOST
So Joan, walk us through this case and what the Supreme Court is saying.
Joan BiskupicCORRESPONDENT
Sure.