Latest SCOTUS debacle 'reeks of John Roberts': expert
Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that the US Supreme Court's opinion in a significant abortion-related case was briefly posted to the high court's website, which appeared to show the justices would permit emergency abortions in Idaho despite the state's ban.
CNN reported, "The Justice Department sued Idaho over its abortion ban in August 2022, a few weeks before it was scheduled to take effect. It argued that a federal law known as the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act – or EMTALA – required hospitals that receive Medicare funding to offer the procedure in medical emergencies."
CNN also noted:
The unsigned opinion showed that three conservatives – Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett – sided with the court’s three liberals to block the state from enforcing the ban in certain emergency situations.
The court acknowledged a document was briefly posted, but stressed that no opinion is final until announced by the justices. The abortion case is considered among the most significant of the current term that is winding down ahead of the July 4 holiday.
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Slate senior writer Mark Joseph Stern, speaking with MSNBC's Joy Reid on the latest episode of The ReidOut, suggested that Chief Justice John Roberts is likely behind the delayed timing of the opinion's official release.
"The idea that John Roberts is timing these cases — he's timing cases to not hurt Donald Trump's chance to become president," Reid said.
"I think that's absolutely a possibility," Stern said. "I think it could also be true that [Justices] Sam Alito or Clarence Thomas is dragging out a dissent behind the scenes to help run out the clock for Donald Trump's immunity case. Each extra day that the court doesn't rule is another day that Donald Trump doesn't have to face trial, or evidentiary hearings, or be subject to discovery. but this case reeks of John Roberts."
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Latest SCOTUS debacle 'reeks of John Roberts': expertyoutu.be
