Coverage dated July 25, 2022

The inside story of how John Roberts failed to save abortion rights

Headline from Helena Independent Record

Chief Justice John Roberts privately lobbied fellow conservatives to save the constitutional right to abortion down to the bitter end, but May's unprecedented leak of a draft opinion reversing Roe

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  1. Helena Independent Record

    The inside story of how John Roberts failed to save abortion rights (opens Helena Independent Record)

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    Chief Justice John Roberts privately lobbied fellow conservatives to save the constitutional right to abortion down to the bitter end, but May's unprecedented leak of a draft opinion reversing Roe

  2. Talking Points Memo

    CNN: Draft Opinion Leak Killed Roberts’ Efforts To Convince Conservative Justices To Save Roe (opens Talking Points Memo)

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    Supreme Court Justice John Roberts tried to persuade his fellow conservative justices against fully dismantling Roe v. Wade, but the infamous opinion leak in May thwarted his already long-shot efforts…

  3. Hot Air

    CNN: Roberts lobbied Kavanaugh to save Roe -- but the leak made it "all but impossible" (opens Hot Air)

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    Strong vibes here from Joan Biskupic that the leaker must have come from the Court’s conservative side, not the liberal one. We already knew, or sort of knew, from the now famous WSJ editorial i...

  4. Rolling Stone

    John Roberts Was Lobbying Kavanaugh to Save Roe. Then the Draft Opinion Leaked (opens Rolling Stone)

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    A new report says the leak, which conservatives insist was the work of a rogue liberal, actually helped get Roe overturned

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