Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer host a discussion about recent, controversial Supreme Court decisions for The Robert MacNeil Report. Important rulings for the discussion are the death penalty decision ruling that some State's automatic capital punishment laws were unconstitutional, and others were not and the abortion decision guaranteeing a woman's right to an abortion without veto power from her husband or parents, in the case of a minor. Panelists also discuss the overall atmosphere of the Supreme Court, and how they are likely to rule in other cases.
