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Justice Roberts Fought Fellow Republicans To Keep Roe In Place

  • CNN: Chief Justice John Roberts privately lobbied his fellow conservative justices to preserve Roe v. Wade – but the unprecedented leak of the draft opinion may have doomed his efforts.
  • Reporting suggests that the May leak of the Supreme Court draft thwarted Roberts’ attempt to sway his constitutional counterparts.
  • Some are suggesting that Roberts himself leaked it. I find that implausible, but who knows. Maybe it was a last ditch effort by a clerk under him to pressure these five justices who voted for Roe v Wade.
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