An earth-shattering moment for a Supreme Court already on the brink
The
US Supreme Court's legitimacy has been deeply pierced, and it may never recover its stature in the eyes of
America.
For
Chief Justice John Roberts, whose concern for the institution's reputation is manifest in nearly every opinion he writes and every
public speech he makes, the developments are a disaster of the highest order.
Not only does it appear that the five most conservative members of the court, including the three new appointees of
former President Donald Trump, are ready to overturn a half century of constitutionally grounded abortion rights. It further appears that
Politico, which published the first draft of the opinion in
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, had surmounted the court's longstanding protocols of secrecy and security.
