Leaked U.S. Supreme Court decision suggests majority set to overturn Roe v. Wade, Politico reports -Breaking
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO A view of Washington’s Supreme Court Building, U.S.A, 26 November 2021. REUTERS/Will Dunham/File photoWASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A leaked draft of the majority opinion indicates that the U.S. Supreme Court voted to reverse Roe v. Wade’s decision which legalized abortion in the United States. Politico reported Monday.
Reuters couldn’t confirm the draft independenty immediately.
The White House and the Supreme Court declined to comment.
“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the draft opinion which is dated Feb. 10, according to Politico.
Four of the other Republican-appointed justices – Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett – voted with Alito in the conference held among the justices, the report added.
It is possible that there have been changes since February 10, according to Politico reporter Josh Gerstein who reported the story on MSNBC on Monday night.
Following oral argument and a first vote, the justices assign one the majority opinion. Then they write a draft. The draft is circulated to the other justices. The vote alignment may change between the release of the ruling and the original vote. Only when a court publishes a ruling, is it final?
Neal Katyal (NYSE:) is a lawyer who frequently argues in front of the Supreme Court. He posted on Twitter that if this report were accurate, it would be “the biggest leak ever from the Supreme Court.”
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