Roberts can still throw a wrench If he joins the majority

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Shrek (3,532 posts)
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Roberts can still throw a wrench If he joins the majority, he decides who writes the opinion (could even be himself).

This burn-it-all-down opinion from Alito could be completely scrapped.

of course, this is about all the angry left can talk about today...

Star Member Walleye (14,379 posts)

1. To me the only thing interesting about this is it the draft opinion got leaked

Star Member underpants (169,080 posts)

2. Yes that's truly unprecedented

The head legal reporter at Politico Josh Gerstein was just on Morning Joe explaining the leak. He wrapped himself on journalism back checking and sourcing. He really didn’t cover the breaking of precedent and posting this.

 

Star Member bucolic_frolic (31,172 posts)

4. The majority opinion won't exactly be scrapped.

Star Member Callalily (13,042 posts)

6. The draft was "leaked" for a purpose!

oh, yes- to threaten the SCJs to vote the way the left wants.

It doesn't ban abortions. It puts the legislation back into the hands of the states. The people could vote for or against at the state level.

Star Member 2naSalit (57,813 posts)

7. He has already assigned the task...

To Alito and this draft shows that it's basically a done deal except for fine tuning. They may hold yet another vote, this may be the first salvo in a set of offerings back and forth, we don't know for sure. If this is a trial balloon to see how bad it could be, we should show them, quite clearly, how much we disagree.

Star Member 2naSalit (57,813 posts)

11. Last night I watched...

TRMS (I think) w/Dalia Lithwick and what I got from her was that sequence and that it appears it's pretty much done and Alito, having written the draft opinion, was the draft of the official opinion. As I said, she stated there could be another vote since this could be offered with the expectation of a dissenting statement and possible debate but she anticipates that the majority will hold in favor of this travesty.

Star Member hatrack (55,363 posts)

10. Whistling past the graveyard . . .

They want to destroy it all, and they want to start destroying it now.

Dixie/Gilead beckons.

 

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This should have remained a State's Rights issue and Roe v. Wade should have never happened. If the Federal Government wanted to nationalize this issue SCOTUS should have ruled this as a human right to live and not under any clause that could be construed as supporting privacy.

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Star Member hatrack (55,363 posts)

10. Whistling past the graveyard . . .

They want to destroy it all, and they want to start destroying it now.

Dixie/Gilead beckons.

64 million and counting in that graveyard you are whistling past.