SCOTUS Leak is a Wake-Up Call for America – It’s Time to Fight
nclrights.orgWe will not sugarcoat this: the leak this week of a Supreme Court majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, a ruling that would eliminate the constitutional right to abortion, is extremely alarming. It is also a wake-up call. While we do not know if the leaked opinion in Dobbs v.
Jackson Women’s Health Organization will be the final one issued, it is nonetheless shocking to read a draft opinion showing just how extreme and dangerous the Court has become over the last decade.
A Court that would issue an opinion this radical is clearly a Court that no longer can be expected to protect any individual freedoms.
While overturning constitutional protections for other fundamental rights, including marriage equality, would be more difficult for the Court to achieve, this draft opinion shows that nothing is off the table for the new radical conservative majority of Justices.
