Posted on 05/03/2022 3:51:13 AM PDT by Kaslin
According to an exclusive story on Politico, the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade when ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson in June.
An alleged draft of the majority opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito and leaked to Politico, states that, “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” because of which, “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled.”
Indeed, the opinion continues, “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
According to Politico, which linked the full text of the opinion in its article, “A person familiar with the court’s deliberations said that four of the other Republican-appointed justices – Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett – had voted with Alito in the conference held among the justices after hearing oral arguments in December, and that line-up remains unchanged as of this week.
“The three Democratic-appointed justices – Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan – are working on one or more dissents, according to the person. How Chief Justice John Roberts will ultimately vote, and whether he will join an already written opinion or draft his own, is unclear.”
The 98-page opinion, described as a first draft and which appears to be genuine, was reportedly circulated on February 10 among the other justices. This means that, if the reporting in Politico is accurate, the majority has remained solid for nearly three months, if not longer, which is a very positive sign.
On the other hand, now that this has been leaked in what Politico describes as “a rare breach of Supreme Court secrecy and tradition around its deliberations,” the obvious question is, who leaked this document, and why?
Would a pro-life conservative leak this opinion to the public? That is highly unlikely, since releasing it in advance only gives the opposition more time to pressure one or more of the justices to change his or her views. And would a pro-life conservative leak this to Politico, which is more left-leaning than right-leaning? That is questionable as well.
In any case, the opinion is now out, along with a list of the justices who allegedly supported it. (Note that three of them were appointed by President Trump.)
That means that much prayer is needed for each of them, since they are about to experience the most intense battle of their lives, with an all-out assault the likes of which we can hardly imagine.
There will be the private appeals from colleagues, the attack of the media, the threats to their families, the spiritual bombardment, the pressure of DC, and more.
And let’s remember that, back in 1992, when Roe should have been overturned in the Casey ruling, a preliminary vote showed Justice Kennedy ready to vote against Roe.
But, as reported already in 1992 by the Washington Post, “The Supreme Court on June 29 affirmed, instead of overturning, the Roe v. Wade abortion standard because Justice Anthony Kennedy changed his vote -- a flip attributed in court circles to liberal constitutional scholar Laurence H. Tribe's pulling strings backstage.
“Two months later, it is clear Kennedy flipped not only his long-held abortion position but also his vote in the secret conference on the Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey decision last fall. That extraordinary switch by a conservative justice stunned antiabortion forces and soured the internal atmosphere among the brethren as the court's new term begins.
“This shows how exotic politics inside the Supreme Court can override the designs of presidents. Despite more than 25 years without a justice being nominated by a Democratic president, the court has been pulled leftward by a brilliant law professor utilizing persuasion, flattery and law clerks.”
Did Trible really have that much of a role in flipping Kennedy? That is a matter of debate.
But what is certain is that Justice Antonin Scalia had spent an hour with Kennedy discussing the case with him after he became concerned about where Kennedy stood. After their talk, Scalia felt confident that Kennedy was solidly with the anti-Roe majority, only for him to flip shortly thereafter.
In short, just as people can be fickle, Supreme Court justices can be fickle, because Supreme Court justices are people too.
And what happens if Roe is overturned? Then we will walk straight into an impassioned, even frenzied and potentially violent, ideological civil war, one that could quickly divide America into pro-life states vs. pro-abortion states. (For the record, if there will be violence as a result of this hoped-for overturning of Roe, I expect it to come from the left.)
But that kind of separation, not one that physically divides America but that one that spiritually and ideologically separates us, might not be a bad thing at all.
In fact, we already see that happening with some states passing pro-life legislation that the Supreme Court has not yet overturned and other states passing their most extreme pro-abortion laws.
We also see this with states dividing over transgender issues. The separation is getting clearer by the day.
Perhaps God Himself will weigh in on the matter, bringing evident blessing to those states which honor life (and I don’t just mean material blessing) and withholding that blessing from those states which exalt the “right” to abortion. (Or should we say the “rite” of abortion? For my recent article on “The Religion of the Left,” see here.)
For the moment, though, we are getting ahead of ourselves with this discussion. What is needed right now is prayer for the Supreme Court to do what is right and overturn Roe. May God give the justices deep conviction, righteous judgment, and backbones of steel.
And may we all who are pro-life keep bringing a persuasive argument to change hearts and minds. Overturning Roe is only part of the battle. The battle in the court of public opinion must be won as well.
It will go back to the states...
I wonder if this leak occurred as a distraction from the release of the TRUE THE VOTE movie 2000 Mules in theaters and online this week.
Better wear a rain coat.
Liberal heads will be exploding all over.
Antifa will be burning down cities. You can count on it.
LEAKED is the story.
Which lefty clerk did this and what will happen to them?
Deep State will NEVER allow Roe to go as long as it’s in charge.
This is about scaring Dems back to the polls.
But, gotta say, I love the smell of desperation in the morning.
Correct. There will be Godly states and on the other hand, baby killer states.
This is only the first half of the battle. The next step needs to be the recognition of babies in the womb as human beings deserving of 14th Amendment protections.
I agree that this is about scaring Dems back to the polls. Politico is the last source of news I will believe. Actually, I don’t believe any but Politico is on the top of the list. The timing of this is just too cute. Suddenly, the “war on women” pops up.
Roe is going down and the demonicrats will follow then the deep state goes down.
I have always taken Politico with a grain of salt, and will continue to do so.
Roe v Wade. Is this the way the SC leftists influence the elections? Bringing out this divisive topic at this time to combat the probable Leftist Dem upcoming election losses??
If I were on the court it would just piss me off and I would just release it this afternoon….
Deep State is in a bind.
It doesn’t dare steal the midterms.
How else to get recalcitrant Dems voters to pull the lever for Dems.
To ignore the impliding economy, Deep State’s very real war on women, the grooming of kids in the classroom...
Deep State wants to scare them into becoming single issue voters.
Hopefully, women who have been continuing to vote Dem will take their brains out of neutral and refuse to be suckered again.
For later
The implications are that now the Dems will increase their majority in the House and Senate.
Chuckie will blackmail Roberts to vote to uphold and try to do everything and anything he can to stop this overturn.
Those who think the troubles of the Democrats are not real and they are still on track for victory in November ought to rethink.
They know what is coming and will lie cheat and physically threaten to win.
We have to be ready - I believe we are ready this time.
My biggest concern about all of this is an assassination of one of more of the conservative justices,especially with a radical leftist already nominated and confirmed.
They kill babies, so why would they hesitate to take out an adult? They already have a track record with Justice Scalia, after all.
I was going to say leaked to try and force the Supreme Court to change their vote. But you have a great point also. There can be many reasons, another is motivating the Libs for 2022 voting.
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