Wednesday, May 4, 2022

The Leak

It’s Monday, May 2nd, early evening.  Politico publishes this on its website: Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows.  And here is the leaked draft opinion, unabridged: Justice Alito's initial draft abortion opinion which would overturn Roe v. Wade.

Roe v Wade has been overturned!  No, not so fast!  This document is only a draft opinion of Associate Justice Samuel Alito, probably written in February; the Court’s final ruling won’t come down until late June or early July.  But already, Justice Alito has become the hero of the Right and the villain of the Left.  Same for the leaker.  Indeed, the leak itself has taken on a life of its own.