Supreme Court Poised to Overturn Roe, Draft Opinion Shows

Written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO.

The draft opinion is a full-throated, unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights and a subsequent 1992 decision – Planned Parenthood v. Casey – that largely maintained the right. “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Alito writes.
“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” he writes in the document, labeled as the “Opinion of the Court.” “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”

Deliberations on controversial cases have in the past been fluid. Justices can and sometimes do change their votes as draft opinions circulate and major decisions can be subject to multiple drafts and vote-trading, sometimes until just days before a decision is unveiled. The court’s holding will not be final until it is published, likely in the next two months.

No draft decision in the modern history of the court has been disclosed publicly while a case was still pending


POLITICO received a copy of the draft opinion from a person familiar with the court’s proceedings in the Mississippi case along with other details supporting the authenticity of the document. The draft opinion runs 98 pages, including a 31-page appendix of historical state abortion laws. The document is replete with citations to previous court decisions, books and other authorities, and includes 118 footnotes. The appearances and timing of this draft are consistent with court practice.

The disclosure of Alito’s draft majority opinion – a severe breach of Supreme Court secrecy and tradition around its deliberations – comes as all sides in the abortion debate are girding for the ruling. Speculation about the looming decision has been intense since the December oral arguments indicated a majority was inclined to support the Mississippi law.

Under longstanding court procedures, justices hold preliminary votes on cases shortly after argument and assign a member of the majority to write a draft of the court’s opinion. The draft is often amended in consultation with other justices, and in some cases the justices change their votes altogether, creating the possibility that the current alignment on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization could change.

The chief justice typically assigns majority opinions when he is in the majority. When he is not, that decision is typically made by the most senior justice in the majority.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473
 
Fact is Republicans don't give a fuck about abortion
They get them too!
It's the use of abortion as a wedge issue to
Con the holier than thou hypocrites is what they care about
 
the truth is, the nine justices still have to vote to determine which drafted decision will be the majority opinion.......there's probably a competing drafted opinion deciding the opposite......
various reasons say no. this is a draft opinion assigned to the Majority and Alito
long term opposition to the underpinning of Roe V Wade

It was no doubt leaked to put political pressure on such majority to switch votes
 
Drama. The court takes a preliminary vote and the Chief Justice assigns the opinion to a justice in the majority. That draft is circulated and comments and compromises made. Then, they take a final vote. Sometimes, votes may change based on the final draft opinion.
it's not just drama for drama sakes. it's to mobilize political pressure on the court
the activists are revving it up now

Remember the Kavanaugh hearing when the mob was beating at the doors ?
That now looks like childs play
It's a direct assault on the deliberative process and the SCOTUS itself.
 
I thought it was decided in the Constitution.
correct term is "federalism" which defines enumerated powers to the federal government and the rest
(9th and 10th amendment) "to the states or people respectively"
commonly called purview -except this is textual (constitution)
 
that being said, I would be delighted if the court decided that killing children is a bad thing........long overdue........

I personally believe we have a constitutional right to be free from government intrusion into medical decisions.
 
There is no abortion issue! It was already decided by the Supreme Court! Roe vs Wade

That was long after the Civil War. A poster said the Civil War determined the states' rights issue. I just pointed out that did not include abortion. Abortion was decided by each state until Roe.
 
So there is no opinion yet. What’s the brouhaha about?

some little shit intern probably thinks if he can stir up riots it might influence the decision.........hopefully the little shit intern will be fired for violating the court's rules and prevented from ever practicing law for life........
 
various reasons say no. this is a draft opinion assigned to the Majority and Alito
long term opposition to the underpinning of Roe V Wade

It was no doubt leaked to put political pressure on such majority to switch votes

it does not become the majority decision until the justices vote......normally that would not happen for another month......but I agree it was an intentional attempt to try to corrupt the process......
 
I personally believe we have a constitutional right to be free from government intrusion into medical decisions.

and I personally believe it takes a particularly heinous person to kill their children or sit back and let others do it.......intruding into the very life of the unborn child is exceedingly worse than intruding in medical decisions......
 
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