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Supreme Court's majority vote to overturn Roe remains intact
Fox News/WP ^ | May 8th, 2022 | Michael Lee

Posted on 05/09/2022 6:17:56 AM PDT by shadowlands1960

Roberts is still attempting to persuade Coney Barrett and Kavanaugh to take a more incremental approach

The five-vote majority needed in the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey remains intact months after Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's leaked draft majority opinion was written, according to a report.

The leaked draft majority opinion penned by Alito is dated Feb. 10 and has almost certainly changed multiple times in the almost three months since it was written, but three conservative sources close to the court say that the votes supporting the decision remain unchanged, according to reporting from the Washington Post.

The justices set to join Alito's opinion include Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.

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To: j.havenfarm
The image of the court is all he cares about

This is true - he is an institutionalist. He does not want to overturn a 7-2 super-precedent decision with a 5-4 decision. In his mind, that would compromise the credibility of the court.

21 posted on 05/09/2022 6:54:35 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: pepsi_junkie
Roberts announcing an investigation into the leak is like...


22 posted on 05/09/2022 6:56:13 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: Bshaw
> I assume you meant he’s compromised,

Yes, thanks for your correction (I hate auto-type).
And I agree with you 1000%.

23 posted on 05/09/2022 7:01:06 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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To: C210N

Well they do have souls, but each one is tarnished beyond recognition.


24 posted on 05/09/2022 7:03:56 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Fauci is a despicable little turd)
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To: shadowlands1960

The leaks, whatever they report, will damage the Court’s ability to have frank, deliberate discussions in cases in private.


25 posted on 05/09/2022 7:06:44 AM PDT by Fury
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To: COBOL2Java

Re: 24 - Good grief, what hyperbole.


26 posted on 05/09/2022 7:08:07 AM PDT by Fury
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To: ClearCase_guy

I think so, too....but Soto, Breyer and Kagan are beholding to the Dems and their “Kill the babies” policy.


27 posted on 05/09/2022 7:08:12 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: 1Old Pro

“Roberts is still attempting to persuade Coney Barrett and Kavanaugh to take a more incremental approach”

I knew it. This is why Roberts didn’t release the ruling immediately after the leak dump. He’s hoping the pressure will flip a judge, leaving the Judges and their families in danger. They going through hell and Roberts could drop it today but he won’t.


28 posted on 05/09/2022 7:17:10 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: shadowlands1960

If the leaker is a clerk, whosever it is should recuse themselves for this and all the upcoming cases for which he worked. In our system, the process of reaching a verdict is the most important thing. We let murderers free if the evidence against him was improperly gathered. The justice whose hire caused the leak should respect the process.


29 posted on 05/09/2022 7:20:02 AM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: shadowlands1960

This vote will tell which justices are standing by their oath. Those who do not should not be on the Supreme Court.


30 posted on 05/09/2022 7:22:17 AM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: gibsonguy
This is why Roberts didn’t release the ruling immediately after the leak dump. He’s hoping the pressure will flip a judge

He's single handily ruining the credibility of the court. He not only should move to a final decision sooner rather than later, but by now they should know who the leaker is, and he's slow walking that.

31 posted on 05/09/2022 7:23:00 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: shadowlands1960

Roberts is too stupid to understand that if anything changes now to change the outcome, it will make them subject to terrorism forever and the court will never be independent again.


32 posted on 05/09/2022 7:31:14 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: 1Old Pro

I think it is primarily to scare Robert’s into persuading Barrett and Kavanaugh. Or maybe he’s the leaker....


33 posted on 05/09/2022 7:58:15 AM PDT by vivenne (")
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To: 1Old Pro

I think he absolutely knows who the leaker is. Which tell us what already knew, it was one of the rats. If he lets that out any attempts to flip a Judge is dead.


34 posted on 05/09/2022 8:00:06 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: shadowlands1960

Yes, he will. I hope Barrett and Kavanaugh can hold their own. They should just go ahead and publish the opinion abd get it over with. End the protests and scare tactics.


35 posted on 05/09/2022 8:01:36 AM PDT by vivenne (")
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To: nwrep

So, is he pressuring Sotomayer, Breyer and the other woman whose name I can’t remember (Dem) like he is Kavanaugh and Barrett?


36 posted on 05/09/2022 8:04:40 AM PDT by vivenne (")
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To: jimmygrace

They should be fired, disbarred and criminally prosecuted. Oh, and shunned by civil society.


37 posted on 05/09/2022 8:06:54 AM PDT by vivenne (")
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To: shadowlands1960

I fear the pressure is too great. Please dear Lord protect them from the evil mob...especially their families cause you know if they don’t change their vote they’re coming after their children next! The DEMONIC BABY KILLERS mob is going to put the hard squeeze on them!


38 posted on 05/09/2022 8:09:40 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: shadowlands1960

Given that the preliminary decision was leaked, and we know who was supporting what, it may be harder for them to switch votes, as this will make their caving very public. I think the leakers may have shot themselves in the foot.


39 posted on 05/09/2022 8:11:35 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: vivenne

Of course not. :-)


40 posted on 05/09/2022 8:16:14 AM PDT by nwrep
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