Posted on 06/15/2022 2:06:12 PM PDT by karpov
Several weeks ago, someone with access to the Supreme Court’s inner workings leaked a draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Written in February, the draft decimated the legal foundation of abortion as a constitutional right and overturned the federal right to an abortion as guaranteed by Roe v. Wade. Although this draft did not represent a final decision, the leak itself was obviously meant to stir up controversy . It was perhaps also likely designed to persuade undecided justices to shift their votes. Regardless, it was incredibly damaging to the reputation of the court and its tentative ability to remain above the partisan fray.
After the leak, protesters gathered outside the homes of several justices, including Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh, as well as Chief Justice John Roberts. Again, for many, these were obvious attempts to intimidate the justices for the purpose of persuading them to vote against anything that would overturn Roe. The situation escalated when a man was arrested near Kavanaugh’s home, apparently plotting to assassinate the justice because of his views.
Where is Roberts's leadership in this? Why doesn’t Roberts release the Dobbs opinion in order to safeguard the Supreme Court from further harassment and intimidation?
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
The… Chief … Justice … doesn’t … control … when … opinions … are … released.
Ok If not the Chief Justice then who the hell does? And you can bet knows who leaker was and is sitting on that too.
What gibsonguy said, since you seem to think you know the answer.
Roberts himself is the leaker.
It’s so obvious, that’s why he’s dragging this decision and running out the clock.
I don’t know how they schedule the release of opinions, but once that information was leaked (assuming it’s genuine) they should have modified their procedures to release it the very next day. If the leaker was motivated by a desire to put pressure on specific judges, that leaker succeeded -and that strategy should have been slapped down by an official release as soon as it could be legitimately released.
No release until all protection for Justices and families are in place.
Sure, I agree he should. Afterall, he released the leak.
Both parties want the same outcome so they are pretending to fight over a fake issue: whether to give protection to clerks too. If you really want the justices safe and that's toe price, so be it. But instead it's just an excuse for McConnell to say "oh no, we can't do that, it's too much!".
These protests are already illegal, it's black and white law in the US Code. DOJ won't enforce it. Congress is pretending there's a major hurdle to sending cops to the houses. Don't expect anything to be done to keep them safe until they get the outcome the uniparty wants.
I think whoever writes it. At any rate, I expect it to be released on the last day.
And Deep State now controls the SCOTUS.
I don’t “think” I know the answer. I KNOW the answer.
It’s actually on the Supreme Court’s webpage in lay speak for the dumbs.
The protests appear to be illegal but it's not as cut and dry as you think.
The power is to LE to arrest....not to DOJ. And there are LE officers at the houses already.
As soon as whomever is blackmailing Roberts over the illegal adoption of his two children let’s him he will.
My guess is that will be 5PM on Friday July 1 so the Democrat/communists’ stormtroopers can run wild burning down cities under the guise of celebrating America’s Independence Day weekend.
You are in the ball park, but it isn’t that exact.
The votes of the justices at conference are not final. The draft opinions are not final. The entire process is much more amorphous than what goes on in a Senate or House cloakroom.
At conference, the judges vote on the case. The senior justice in the majority assigns the opinion. That Justice gets a first shot at creating a draft.
That draft is circulated amongst the other Justices. What the author of the opinion wants, is a written note back that says the other Justices who have read the opinion join it. In many cases, that isn’t always immediately forthcoming. They may respond with something like “I will wait on the dissents and concurrences” they may respond with “Change this, this and this and I can join.”
The opinions are written, rewritten and rewritten again as the Justices negotiate amongst themselves. Sometimes, during the process, a Justice switches their vote, and what was going to be a majority becomes a dissent or a concurrence.
The opinions (and votes) are not final until the opinion is released for publication. Then and only then is it posted on the Court’s webpage and recorded in the Reporter. That only happens when the majority opinion AND all dissents and concurrences are finished.
There is a final deadline (the last opinion day), but everything is pretty much open until then. What is most likely going on right now is waiting for a dissent (or multiple dissents) to be finished.
The majority author will often address the dissenting Justices in the majority opinion. Notice that this is missing from the Dobbs draft.
I can GUARANTEE you that it will probably have changed from what Politico posted. How much remains to be seen.
In all of this, the Chief ... Justice ... Does ... NOT ... CONTROL ... WHEN ... OPINIONS ... ARE ... RELEASED.
Dumbs, like the brain-dead “journalist” who wrote this “article” need to quite opining on things that they don’t understand.
SCOTUS verified in early May it is legit.
Good explanation.
I’m guessing the dissents will be more strident, majority opinion much the same.
Roberts’ children are both ADULTS now. You know that right? Josephine is 22. Jack is 21.
Even if your psychotic conspiracy theory were true (it isn’t) there would no longer be any leverage.
Common sense, how does it work?
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