SCOTUS Draft Leak

Humm…
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473

Regardless of which side of this issue you are on, this leak is unacceptable. This was obviously meant to cause further division of the population and to try to pressure the justices. The DOJ should immediately start an investigation.

 

Let me make a few predictions: 1) The leaker will be a hero for the leftists. 2) Dems in congress will say that legislation for abortion must immediately be passed. 3) The filibuster must be ended to pass this legislation. 4) The Supreme Court should be packed before the midterm election.

 

This is leaked from SCOTUS?

 

Yes.

 

There are so many leaks in DC the city is like a sieve.... But I don't believe I have ever heard of a leak from SCOTUS. And there shouldn't be. This is truly disturbing.

 

Yes, it is. However, on what level is the disturbance of greater concern...that it was leaked, that it was stolen, that it may or may not be the final draft (there is a whole very thick book on that alone), that it may not be the Justice that was assigned the final draft and this may (or may not) be a dissenting opinion, or....that SCOTUS HAS NOT CONFIRMED IT HAPPENED.....and it has been over 10 hours since the Politico announcement.

Me? If the leak is confirmed or not....regardless of all of the above....my concern is the immediate greater concern and disturbance to the Constitution and the Federal Republic, is the Timing. A Swing State Primary is in play today:

Ohio. So.....

 

The radical Right agenda, which by any poll, is out of step with the majority of the country, is the issue here. Try and focus on the lead for a change.

 

Clown.

Christ, you are simply intentionally stupid. An agenda to cause an agenda.

Ring that bell, Clarabell The Clown.

 

Liberals are working themselves into a lather over this while it may or may not be the final draft. I'll wait to comment until it becomes the law of the land. The leak, however, needs to be investigated swiftly.

 

Give me a break. The radical Reich has been marching towards this decision for decades. McConnell stole a SC seat specifically for this purpose. This isn't a surprise. It will put a nail in the GOP coffin.

 

You say, "this decision". Did I miss something? Has there been a decision?

 

OK, so now we know that the leaked draft is real. But, it's not the final decision. I'm glad that Chief Justice Roberts is taking steps to find out who leaked this draft because it certainly is a betrayal of the court. I'm also happy that Roberts said that the leak will not influence the court. So far, so good...

Because of the turmoil, I would expect the court to release the final decision soon.



Supreme Court chief justice directs marshal to investigate leak, calls out 'egregious breach of ... trust'

Chief Justice John Roberts called the leak a 'betrayal of the confidences of the Court'

May 3, 2022

The Supreme Court issued a response to the report of a draft opinion that, if published, would overturn Roe v. Wade, with Chief Justice John Roberts strongly condemning the leak to the press.

In a brief message, the court acknowledged that the leaked document is indeed real, while noting that it is just a draft and that the court has not issued a final decision on the matter.

"Justices circulate draft opinions internally as a routine and essential part of the Court’s confidential deliberative work. Although the document described in yesterday’s reports is authentic, it does not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case," the court said.

Roberts, in his own statement accompanying the court's press release, announced that he has called upon the Marshal of the Court to investigate the situation and find the source who leaked the document to Politico. Roberts also spoke out against the notion that the leak could succeed as a political maneuver to influence the outcome of the case.

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

The chief justice also emphasized how rare such a leak is, due to the loyalty and professionalism of the court's staff.

"We at the Court are blessed to have a workforce – permanent employees and law clerks
alike – intensely loyal to the institution and dedicated to the rule of law," he said. "Court employees have an exemplary and important tradition of respecting the confidentiality of the judicial process and upholding the trust of the Court. This was a singular and egregious breach of that trust that is an affront to the Court and the community of public servants who work here."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/su...tice-marshal-investigate-leak-breach-of-trust

 

My POTUS FIRST PRIORITY IS TO IMMEDIATELY RELEASE AN ALL HANDS ON DECK BATTLE CRY TO THE PEOPLE TO SUPPORT PRO CHOICE, INSTEAD OF A SINCERE AND FORCEFUL PUBLIC CONDEMNATION OF THE BREACH OF TRUST IN OUR FEDERAL REPUBLIC AND URGING THE PEOPLE TO UNITE AND CONDEMN SUCH UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES?

I am finally done with this POTUS. This is the first time in my life I have had this feeling of utter disappointment in my President, that he would choose to concern himself with an Ideology Of Division, over the tainting of the Constitution and all that our Federal Republic holds dear.

 

Abortion is a winning issue for Republicans.

 

I totally agree. The hyper-partisan asshole who currently occupies the Oval Office is a disgrace to our country, our Constitution and our people. The latest outburst by this dementia-ridden fool proves that he only cares about his agenda and couldn't care less about the rule of law.

 

I honestly do not believe it is his agenda. I am convinced he is a hollow puppet and somebody we didn't elect is pulling the strings.

 

I believe, and time will tell, that the GOP just sunk its chances in the midterms. Winning issue you say? I guess we'll see, but based on poll after poll, a clear majority, over 70%, do not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned. Let's see if that translates into a winning issue is November.

 

You and I had discussion a while back about what drives voters. My argument was that voters do in fact vote their pocketbook and your position was that voters in the 21st century were more concerned with more esoteric issues...... Well, Joe I'll bet you my bottom dollar that this November will in fact be decided by the common guys pocketbooks. They sure have taken a beating since January 2021.

 

Abortion is low on voters’ concerns. If Roe is overturned, most people won’t care because they know that the abortion issue will be returned to the states where it belongs. The economy, jobs, etc. are much more of a concern for most people and, consequently, a red tsunami is coming in November.

 

Republicans Suddenly Don't Want To Talk About Banning Abortion
An epic victory at the Supreme Court was no cause for celebration among Senate conservatives on Tuesday.
By Igor Bobic
and Arthur Delaney
May. 3, 2022, 04:03 PM EDT | Updated an hour ago

I wonder why? Hum?

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Tuesday avoided answering questions about outlawing abortion in the wake of a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion suggesting Roe v. Wade’s days are numbered.

Instead, Republicans focused on the unprecedented nature of the leak itself, calling for repercussions against the leaker and expressing concern about what such a breach of trust within the court would mean for legitimacy of the justices.


When asked if he took pride for the apparent demise of Roe, which wouldn’t be possible without him, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) bristled at the suggestion.

“That’s not the story for today,” McConnell insisted to reporters at a weekly press conference on Capitol Hill.


Republicans have been working for decades to overturn Roe, an effort that culminated in the appointment of three Supreme Court justices by former President Donald Trump, who promised to nominate only justices who opposed abortion rights.

One would think that Republicans would be openly celebrating their apparent victory before the court like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who was shedding tears of joy following the news on Monday. But GOP leaders pointedly refrained from doing so, something Democrats chalked up to the coming midterm elections.


“They spent decades trying to repeal Roe and now they won’t even own up to it …Their spin masters are telling them to avoid the subject and they did,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday. “They’re like the dog that caught the bus ... They know they’ll pay consequences in the 2022 elections.”

Polling has long suggested that most voters don’t favor overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court precedent that legalized abortion nationwide. Fifty-four percent of Americans think Roe should be upheld, while 28% believe it should be overturned, a 2-1 margin, according to a recent Washington Post/ABC poll.

“They know that this is bad for them,” pollster Molly Murphy, president of Impact Research, said Tuesday at an EMILY’s List conference. “They know that this is not an issue they should be talking about.”

Schumer said it is his intention to hold a vote on a bill that would enshrine abortion access in federal law, but Republicans are almost certain to block it. Democrats also lack the support within their caucus to eliminate the filibuster to pass it on their own.


Republicans could retake the Senate in this fall’s midterm elections, giving them a chance to hold a vote on abortion legislation on their own. Anti-abortion advocates have pushed for a nationwide ban; already, 26 states are either likely or certain to outlaw abortion if Roe is overturned, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

On Tuesday, HuffPost interviewed more than a dozen Republican senators. Most declined to comment on future abortion legislation, saying they were more focused on the impropriety of someone leaking a draft Supreme Court opinion.

“I am going to focus right now on the leak,” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said. “That’s what we’re talking about right now. Let’s let the Supreme Court go through their deliberations first, go through the proper process.”

Ernst is planning to introduce legislation banning abortion nationwide, according to an anti-abortion activist interviewed by The Washington Post.