Under that ruling the Court explicitly reaffirmed Roe v. Wade by a five to four decision. In the ruling, O’Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Blackmun and Stevens voted to keep Roe as the law of the land, while Rehnquist, White, Scalia and Thomas voted to toss it out.
That court had 7 Republican appointees, but it was the lone Democrat appointee (White) who sided with the dissenters who wanted to overthrow Roe vs Wade.
That ruling shows how difficult it is to overturn a bad Supreme Court ruling. Almost 40 years after Roe vs Wade, we are still looking for a court that will end the legalized murder of millions of children every year in America.
Imagine how long it will take to reverse the damage Roberts did to the constitution with his ruling that congress can do anything as long as they call it a tax.
Am I thinking of another case? The decision I’m thinking of came into being in 1989. Thomas wasn’t on the court until 1991, and I believe Thurgood Marshall was still on the court in 1989.