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I wonder what the odds on which Justice leaked it are? Breyer and Roberts would be my top two. Roberts probably wants to at least issue a somewhat reasoned opinion and is very mindful of the Court's legacy - but I think it's Alito's court now. Breyer's leaving, he don't care. Kagan and Sotamayor will have to deal with the conservatives for another 20 years.

 

Not sure I agree. Everyone knew it was coming after Trump got elected. Do I agree with it? Of course not. But the news value is the leak, not reversing Roe.

That said, the people protesting in front of SCOTUS today disagree with me.

 

One thing I've read (can't find the link) is that Kavanaugh is a people pleaser and has been coaxed on some decisions by Roberts, and that Roberts has been doing the older-brother thing, taking him under his wing, and trying to get him more to the center. I think Kavanaugh's voted with Roberts a very, very high percentage of the time.

 

Can’t remember where I saw it, but during 2020 when people were saying this was the most important election of our lifetime someone said: “No, that was 2016 and we blew it.”

 

I couldn’t disagree more. I would venture to say that 95+% of Americans have no idea about the secrecy of the SCOTUS deliberation process. It’s a side story to what appears to be not only a complete reversal of Roe, but an open invitation for state and federal legislatures to roll back all sorts of rights (same sex-marriage, LGBT rights, interracial marriage perhaps).

 

The "leak" is not without precedent and the Dems need to HAMMER HOME THIS FUCKING POINT

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Using "unprecedented!" inappropriately seems to be all the rage across the political spectrum these days.

 

As other have noted on twitter, I forget who tweeted this, this a a 'canary in the coal mine' moment.

They are not going to stop at Roe.

As the parent of a gay child I will fight.

 

It’s not just a side story, it’s a planned smokescreen to give MSM something to salivate over while drawing attention away from the ramifications of the decision itself. @wicked is not the only person who fell for the trick.