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Chief Justice Roberts says leaked abortion opinion is authentic but not final, opens investigation
Washington Post via MSN ^ | May 3rd | Robert Barnes

Posted on 05/03/2022 9:35:58 AM PDT by dennisw

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said Tuesday that the leaked draft opinion proposing to overturn Roe v. Wade is authentic but not final, and that he is opening an investigation into how it became public.

“To the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the Court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed,” Roberts said. “The work of the Court will not be affected in any way.”

While Roberts’s statement said the draft provided to Politico was genuine, “it does not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case.”

Supreme Court is ready to strike down Roe v. Wade, leaked draft opinion shows The Politico report said that five justices had decided to uphold a Mississippi law that would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and overturn the decision that established a constitutional right to abortion nearly 50 years ago.

Roberts’s news release was another extraordinary deviation from the court’s normal procedures, which generally entails paying no attention to outside influences. It was a sign that Roe v. Wade is too important, and the breach of Supreme Court operations too monumental, to ignore.

Majority of Americans say Supreme Court should uphold Roe, new Post-ABC poll finds Republican politicians in particular have called for an investigation into the leak, which some have seen as an attempt to put pressure on justices who may be inclined to strike down Roe instead to modify their decisions.

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1 posted on 05/03/2022 9:35:58 AM PDT by dennisw
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Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), the Senate Judiciary Committee’s top Republican, praised Roberts’s announcement Tuesday, saying on Twitter that the chief justice is right to investigate the “unprecedented SCOTUS leak” and that the inquiry “should be done quickly & thoroughly.”

“The leak,” Grassley wrote, “was a monumental breach of trust w/in our judicial system. The independent judiciary must remain free from political intimidation & outside influence.”

In his statement Tuesday, Roberts said he has asked the court’s in-house police service, led by Marshal Gail A. Curley, to start an investigation.


2 posted on 05/03/2022 9:36:15 AM PDT by dennisw
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Roberts, in usual weak knee’d fashion, trying to thread a needle with a fully developed fetus...


3 posted on 05/03/2022 9:38:31 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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Not final.. I knew it. Chief Roberts to the rescue. The left can breath easier now.


4 posted on 05/03/2022 9:39:10 AM PDT by dragonblustar (Romans 12:12)
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The Left would like to destroy the Supreme Court. This was done to undermine its authority and power. It is an attack on Democracy, so to speak. Worse that the January 6th riot


5 posted on 05/03/2022 9:39:17 AM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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I wouldn't be surprised if Roberts himself leaked it. Maybe not to the press, maybe to the white house and THEY leaked it to the press. He's an utterly political animal and I wouldn't put it past him to send them a copy and beg for something he could use to sway one of the Yes votes and they sort of shafted him by leaking it.

But to quote the great statesman Harry Reid, "it worked, didn't it?" Right on queue we get the intimidation campaign from the left wing crazies. I will bet $1 right now that Roe v Wade is going nowhere anytime soon.

6 posted on 05/03/2022 9:39:45 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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“The Politico report said that five justices had decided to uphold a Mississippi law that would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and overturn the decision that established a constitutional right to abortion nearly 50 years ago.”

5 people decide if something, not in the Constitution, is Constitutional when it says in the Constitution it’s a “State Right” by the 10th Amendment.

Dear Left wing nuts: If it’s a Constitutional Right, PUT IT IN THE CONSTITUTION with an AMENDMENT.


7 posted on 05/03/2022 9:39:45 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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“In his statement Tuesday, Roberts said he has asked the court’s in-house police service, led by Marshal Gail A. Curley, to start an investigation.”

The Keystone Cops in action but think lots more taxpayer induced flab. Does this squad work from home?


8 posted on 05/03/2022 9:40:29 AM PDT by dennisw
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led by Marshal Gail A. Curley

Sometimes one can't make these things up.

Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk.

9 posted on 05/03/2022 9:41:13 AM PDT by DallasBiff (Lautenberg The Forefather of "The Nanny State!")
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"In his statement Tuesday, Roberts said he has asked the court’s in-house police service, led by Marshal Gail A. Curley, to start an investigation"

Anyone notice the fact that we have a government which spends most of its time and resources investigating itself lately? That and the mere fact that the cloistered USSC has to investigate itself to answer a simple question speaks volumes to its failing.

10 posted on 05/03/2022 9:41:34 AM PDT by blackdog (Today's "disinformation" most often turns out to be tomorrow's facts. )
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LOL. Roberts has asked his inside Keystone Cops to investigate.
I doubt these clown will ever find the leaker.


11 posted on 05/03/2022 9:42:02 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: dragonblustar

They could end all the chaos by immediately making it final.


12 posted on 05/03/2022 9:42:26 AM PDT by JoeRed
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IMO the Progressives probably had the document for some time and released it at THIS time to coincide with the election primaries and campaigns. Quite a few probably knew something to coordinate their efforts. Protesters appear with pre-printed signs and go ape on cue. Primaries are today! Too convenient.


13 posted on 05/03/2022 9:43:32 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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This so called investigation will go as far as an investigation into Hunter Biden.


14 posted on 05/03/2022 9:44:02 AM PDT by uptowngirl
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Hmmm. This will probably be a 5-4 decision, one way of the other. Roberts will side with the libs, either way.


15 posted on 05/03/2022 9:44:06 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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Lol-— I just called them Keystone Cops too.


16 posted on 05/03/2022 9:44:21 AM PDT by dennisw
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“I wouldn’t be surprised if Roberts himself leaked it.”

he’s definitely one of them. He’s the biggest backstabber of all of them. You know what to expect with the lib judges, and everyone knows he’s an obama muppet. He cant speak without taking his mouth off obama’s ass.


17 posted on 05/03/2022 9:44:24 AM PDT by max americana (fired leftards on cue after every election since 1992, and enjoyed seeing these bastards cry)
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I don’t believe a word of this until Nina Jankowicz chimes in.


18 posted on 05/03/2022 9:44:43 AM PDT by EEGator
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The leak is from one or more of the justices. The democrats have known about this for weeks. Protest signs printed in advance. Lies from DC get bigger every day.


19 posted on 05/03/2022 9:44:47 AM PDT by Hattie
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“is authentic but not final”

There it is. The fix is in. The rats get to exploit the hell out of this and in the end a Justice will flip and the baby killers are safe.


20 posted on 05/03/2022 9:45:08 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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