May 3, 2022 7:56 am

A Shocking Assault on the Supreme Court

Alito’s opinion, assuming it’s final and speaks for a majority, should be released as soon as possible — to send a message that the Court won’t bend to pressure.

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Supreme Court Police officers guard a barrier between anti-abortion and pro-abortion rights protesters outside the court building, ahead of arguments in the Mississippi abortion rights case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, in Washington, D.C., December 1, 2021.

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Despite what you might have learned in high-school civics, the Supreme Court really only has one role in our system of government — to uphold Roe v. Wade.

That’s the animating sentiment behind the furor over the leak of a Supreme Court opinion drafted for a majority by Justice Samuel Alito overturning the abortion decision.

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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Despite what you might have learned in high-school civics, the Supreme Court really only has one role in our system of government — to uphold Roe v. Wade.

That’s the animating sentiment behind the furor over the leak of a Supreme Court opinion drafted for a majority by Justice Samuel Alito overturning the abortion decision.