The Supreme Court justices will meet for the first time since a draft opinion on the overthrow of Roe v. Wade has been leaked as protesters attack the homes of all six GOP-appointed judges at a “walk-by-Wednesday” demonstration
- The nine justices of the Supreme Court are scheduled to meet on Thursday
- It will be the first time they have met in person since a draft opinion, Roe v. Wade would fall is leaked
- There is no indication that the court will change course from issuing this judgment
- Tensions surrounding the abortion debate have skyrocketed
- Protests erupted across the country
- A pro-abortion rights group is planning protests outside the homes of all six Republican-appointed judges on a “walk-by-Wednesday.”
The nine Supreme Court justices are scheduled to meet Thursday — the first time they have met in person since a draft opinion that Roe v. Wade would pick up leaked.
As the judges gather for their private conference in camera, despite intense public pressure, there is no sign that the court will change course from issuing this ruling – written by Justice Samuel Alito.
Protests erupted across the country, including in front of judges’ houses.
A pro-abortion rights group is planning protests outside the homes of all six Republican-appointed justices – Justices John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Alito – in what the group is calling “Walk-by Wednesday.” ‘
Still, Alito’s opinion, which overturns the landmark case that made abortion legal in the country, remains the only pending draft that has been circulated, Politico reported.
The nine Supreme Court justices are scheduled to meet Thursday — the first time they have met in person since a draft opinion that Roe v. Wade would pick up leaked
Abortion rights advocates stage a protest outside the home of Deputy Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito
Demonstrators show support for Judge Samual Alito outside his home
Also, to date, none of the conservative judges who initially sided with Alito have changed their votes. And there are no dissenting draft opinions circulating from any other judiciary, including the three liberals on the court.
“This is the most serious attack on the court, perhaps from within, that the Supreme Court has ever faced,” a person close to the court’s conservatives told Politico. “To say that it weighs heavily, heavily on them is an understatement.”
The draft opinion could be amended before the court formally announces its ruling in the Mississippi abortion case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, at the end of his term in late June or early July.
Many are watching Roberts, wondering what he will do in his role as chief justice, and see this case as the greatest test of his leadership.
He could try to get one of the other conservative judges to withdraw his support of Alito’s opinion and join him in a more centrist opinion that would not officially overthrow Roe but would uphold Mississippi’s 15-week hiatus from performing most abortions .
That would maintain some federal guarantee for abortion rights. Roe’s overturn would return the abortion issue to the states and allow everyone to make their own law.
The leak of the draft report sent shockwaves across the country. Tensions between the two sides in the abortion debate have skyrocketed.
Anti-demonstration fences were erected around the Supreme Court building.
Judges’ houses are attacked.
Many are watching John Roberts, wondering what he will do in his role as Chief Justice, and seeing this abortion case as the greatest test of his leadership
Protesters in support of reproductive rights march to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Tensions surrounding the abortion debate have skyrocketed with protests across the country
The Senate will vote on codifying abortion rights into federal law on Wednesday, but Majority Leader Chuck Schumer doesn’t have the votes to overcome a Republican filibuster.
But Schumer uses the vote to set a political signal.
“We’re making sure that every senator has to vote and every American will see how they voted,” he said, adding that he believes Republicans “will face the consequences in the election when the American people see that.” “.
