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Shrek

(4,475 posts) Tue May 3, 2022, 06:28 AM May 2022

Roberts can still throw a wrench [View all]

If he joins the majority, he decides who writes the opinion (could even be himself).

This burn-it-all-down opinion from Alito could be completely scrapped.

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Roberts can still throw a wrench [View all] Shrek May 2022 OP

To me the only thing interesting about this is it the draft opinion got leaked Walleye May 2022 #1

Yes that's truly unprecedented underpants May 2022 #2

I know and the freaking language! LeftInTX May 2022 #30

Don't count on it JohnSJ May 2022 #3

The majority opinion won't exactly be scrapped. bucolic_frolic May 2022 #4

It will still be MOMFUDSKI May 2022 #5

+1. No matter how they reword it or who writes it, Roe is dead. dalton99a May 2022 #9

incorrect, upholding the Mississippi law would be the only absolute Amishman May 2022 #14

The draft was "leaked" for a purpose! Callalily May 2022 #6

He has already assigned the task... 2naSalit May 2022 #7

You're assuming he's in the majority? sl8 May 2022 #8

Last night I watched... 2naSalit May 2022 #11

I was referring to your "he has already assigned the task". sl8 May 2022 #13

I was... 2naSalit May 2022 #15

I'm not making my point very well. sl8 May 2022 #19

Okay... 2naSalit May 2022 #21

Seniority: sl8 May 2022 #22

Thomas... 2naSalit May 2022 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 May 2022 #28

Could be. One more point ... sl8 May 2022 #34

Indeed. 2naSalit May 2022 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 May 2022 #12

Whistling past the graveyard . . . hatrack May 2022 #10

+1 2naSalit May 2022 #16

Not quite accurate FBaggins May 2022 #17

If Alito has written the first draft it means Roberts already has assigned the opinion to him onenote May 2022 #18

Only if it's 6-3 FBaggins May 2022 #24

If its 6-3 to uphold the Mississippi law, then Roberts is in the majority onenote May 2022 #25

Roberts would not be in the majority if there are 5 votes to overturn Roe, and he is not one of them tritsofme May 2022 #20

He would be in the majority if he supports upholding the Mississippi law onenote May 2022 #26

Roberts needs at least four more votes for his opinion to be more than a concurrence/partial dissent tritsofme May 2022 #27

The holding of the case will be that the Mississippi law is upheld. onenote May 2022 #29

If Alito's opinion is supported by five justices, it will become precedent, regardless of what tritsofme May 2022 #31

That much is true. But if Roberts supports the outcome, but not the reasoning, onenote May 2022 #32

this is correct, thank you for bringing facts to the table Celerity May 2022 #35

But still Roe is over? How does that make it better? Demsrule86 May 2022 #33