so, tell us about how that kind of goes down. in december, roberts has this meeting with conservatives. and then how logistically does this trickle down to having this majority draft opinion? . well, when the court hears a case, it meets in private, takes tentative votes on the outcome of the case. if the chief justice is in the majority, then he assigns who s going to write the opinion or decides to write it himself. but if he is not, then the chief the most senior justice in the majority decides who s going to write the case. and so it appears the chief would like to have written this with the compromise he had in mind. instead, it seems that justice thomas, who is the longest serving member of the court, assigned this task to justice alito. now, there s a lot of horse
Decision, and the supreme court, if it actually goes through, with this majority draft opinion, would somehow leaked out, and does look to me completely real or at least an extraordinary forgery of what a supreme court just decision by justice alito looks like but if it does go forward with it, i believe that the court will have returned to its historic baseline of being a reactionary conservative institution, to the far right of everything else at the federal level, in the government, and you know, it s still got this lingering fake halo around it from the warren court period, brown v board, roe v. wade, miranda versus arnz, and for much of our history, take all the way up to the civil war the supreme court for example never did anything for enslaved americans other than to cement and constitutionalize the
Politico has published what it calls a majority draft opinion by the u.s. supreme court which would overturn the landmark roe versus wade decision, guaranteeing a woman s right to an abortion. now, to be clear, this is not official. the formal opinion from the justices is not expected until late june. but the early publication of this is unprecedented and is being roundly criticized by conservatives who feel it is a breach of the court s confidentiality. you see it there, politico published the entire 98-page draft. democrats and abortion advocates are expressing outrage if this opinion is true. in a joint statement, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer say this would, quote, inflict the greatest restriction of rights in the past 50 years. and more now from u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi, who says she is hoping to get more aid to ukraine as quickly as possible.
Safe, reliable transit. we continue to follow breaking news this hour. the u.s. supreme court appears poised to overturn the landmark roe versus wade decision that guarantees a woman s right to an abortion. politico has published what it call as majority draft opinion written by justice samuel alito. the decision itself would be stunning, but the fact that it has gone public before any official ruling is also unprecedented. there s already been strong and swift reaction, as you can imagine, to this breakiing news including from the president and ceo of planned parenthood. she spoke earlier to ander era cooper. what we have seen tonight is
Welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. we are following major breaking news this hour. the u.s. supreme court appears poised to over turn the landmark roe vs. wade decision guaranteeing a women s right to abortion. published what is calls a majority draft opinion written by justice samuel alito. the decision itself would be stunning chl the fact it s gone public before any official ruling is also unprecedented. according to the draft, each individual state should decide how it handles abortion. the official opinion is expected to be published in late june. there s already been strong and swift reaction to this breaking news. including from the president and ceo of planned parenthood. she spoke earlier with cnn anderson cooper and called the