BREAKING NEWS......Monday, May 2, 2022 9:41 PM ET

According to a leaked draft of its majority opinion published by Politico........The release of the 98-page document is unprecedented in modern times. In the court’s modern history, early drafts of opinions have never leaked before the final decision is announced. And early drafts of opinions often change by the time the decision from the court is announced.

Not surprised, are we? It's coming.....

Key Points

• The Supreme Court is poised to overturn the constitutionally protected right to abortion ensured by the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision, according to a leaked initial draft of the new opinion obtained by Politico.
• The draft is written by Justice Samuel Alito, with the concurrence of at least four other conservative members of the Supreme Court.
• “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Alito wrote in the decision, which relates to Mississippi’s strict new abortion law, according to the report.
• Politico noted that Supreme Court draft opinions are not set in stone and that justices sometimes change their positions on a case after a copy of a draft is circulated among them.