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Alito's draft opinion overturning Roe is still the only one circulated inside Supreme Court
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Source: Politico
The Supreme Court is set to gather Thursday for the first time since the disclosure that it voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, and theres no sign that the court is changing course from issuing that ruling by the end of June.
Justice Samuel Alitos sweeping and blunt draft majority opinion from February overturning Roe remains the courts only circulated draft in the pending Mississippi abortion case, POLITICO has learned, and none of the conservative justices who initially sided with Alito have to date switched their votes. No dissenting draft opinions have circulated from any justice, including the three liberals.
That could explain why no second draft of Alitos majority opinion has been distributed, as typically the two sides react to one anothers written arguments and recast their own.
As the nine justices prepare for their scheduled, private, closed-door conference this week, they face one of the greatest crises in modern Supreme Court history, with an internal leak investigation under way, an agitated nation focused on whether the constitutional right to abortion is about to be overturned, and some justices facing angry protests at their homes.
Justice Samuel Alitos sweeping and blunt draft majority opinion from February overturning Roe remains the courts only circulated draft in the pending Mississippi abortion case, POLITICO has learned, and none of the conservative justices who initially sided with Alito have to date switched their votes. No dissenting draft opinions have circulated from any justice, including the three liberals.
That could explain why no second draft of Alitos majority opinion has been distributed, as typically the two sides react to one anothers written arguments and recast their own.
As the nine justices prepare for their scheduled, private, closed-door conference this week, they face one of the greatest crises in modern Supreme Court history, with an internal leak investigation under way, an agitated nation focused on whether the constitutional right to abortion is about to be overturned, and some justices facing angry protests at their homes.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/11/alito-abortion-draft-opinion-roe-00031648
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Alito's draft opinion overturning Roe is still the only one circulated inside Supreme Court (Original Post)
brooklynite
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(54,770 posts)1. I guess Roberts didn't stop leaks, or Politico is just speculating pretending to have insider info.
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