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D.c. that people used to say didn t leak. now that changes unfortunately with this leaked opinion. shannon: the aclu says if the supreme court does issue a majority opinion along the lines of the leaked draft, they shift in the tectonic plates of abortion rights will be as significant as any opinion the court has ever issued. it would decry half the nation of a fundamental constitutional right it s been enjoyed by millions of women for over 50 years. this gets to the idea that a decision stands. in this alleged draft opinion, you can see that there is working through the issue. when the court thinks it s appropriate, they will overturn an opinion as long as they go through that vetting process. whether or not the other side is going to think it was appropriately done, it s not that i cases never overturned, correct? absolutely not. there is a footnote in the opinion that it spans more than ....
I would be very, very surprised if this came from a justice. they get along very well. this is probably from a robe supreme court clerk and they need to investigate this. shannon: something tells me we are going to eventually get a name. i watched a lot of coverage of this. there are other commentators looking at this alleged draft opinion from justice alito that they are coming after us for everything else. they re going to get rid of same-sex marriage, up and all kinds of other rights. how worried are you about that from what you will read of this opinion? in a case recently the supreme court expanded lgbt rights and it was a 6-3 decision authored via justice gorsuch. some people are getting extremely heated. i understand this is a thorny and difficult issue where there are passions on both sides. all the passions on the issue exclusively reside on one side of the issue. ....
Time democrats are energized. so too are republicans. it s going to get very, very interesting, very, very heated, no question. shannon: the aclu with the comments. they see the region protocol pales in comparison of the breach and constitutional freedom that the court is charged with upholding and if this draft opinion turns out to be legit and holds as the bulk of the opinion, the official opinion that we get, the whole argument that justice alito allegedly writes about is there was never a constitutional right to abortion. it was created, he says. conjured up by seven justices in the early 70s and has been controversial and not really settled law ever since. there are massive protests. tens of thousands of people who show up every january. every single year to protest with a view, many of us viewers ....
Subsequent 1992 decision planned parenthood v casey that largely maintain that right. in the draft opinion there are a few quotes from justice alito. among them, roe was egregiously wrong from the start. we hold that roe and casey must be overruled and it s time to heed the constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people s elect representatives, i.e. backed out of the states. reaction from both sides of the aisle. swift and predictable. i found it astonishing and appalling. this would appear to be an invitation to have a handmaid s tale type antifeminist regulation and legislation all over the country. it would mean we are no longer 1 of 8 countries, yes, you heard me correctly, eight countries in the world that allow elective abortion after 20 ....
Independence. this creates grave threats for justices where we have crazed people out there who may try to take justice into their own hands. this needs to be this opinion needs to get out there as soon as possible so there are no questions left. let s get this resolved. shannon: do you think we will hear from the chief rather quickly? he really speaks up when he does issue a statement it s on something of great import. i don t know if he will issue a statement. he should issue the majority opinion. i clerked for the supreme court. i ve never heard of an opinion, a draft opinion leaking like this. i don t think think it s ever happened there s been snippets of opinions leaked before that s rare. this creates great damage to the supreme court, to the trust, collegiality. whoever did this. ....