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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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.
Roberts, in usual weak knee’d fashion, trying to thread a needle with a fully developed fetus...
Not final.. I knew it. Chief Roberts to the rescue. The left can breath easier now.
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
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.
“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.
“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?
Sometimes one can't make these things up.
Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk.
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.
LOL. Roberts has asked his inside Keystone Cops to investigate.
I doubt these clown will ever find the leaker.
They could end all the chaos by immediately making it final.
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.
This so called investigation will go as far as an investigation into Hunter Biden.
Hmmm. This will probably be a 5-4 decision, one way of the other. Roberts will side with the libs, either way.
Lol-— I just called them Keystone Cops too.
“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.
I don’t believe a word of this until Nina Jankowicz chimes in.
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.
“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.
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