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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Supreme Court in Disarray After an Extraordinary Breach  —  The leak of a draft majority opinion overruling Roe v. Wade raises questions about motives, methods and whether defections are still possible.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  WASHINGTON — Sources have motives …
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New York Times:
Inside Politico's Historic Scoop  —  Politico's top editors and executives spent Sunday morning sipping Bloody Marys and nibbling bite-size waffles and wienerschnitzel as they chatted with top Washington officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary …
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Alito's Plan to Repeal the 20th Century  —  If you are an American with a young daughter, she will grow up in a world without the right to choose when and where she gives birth, and in which nothing restrains a state from declaring her womb its property, with all the invasive authorities that implies.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Overturning Roe Is a Radical, Not Conservative, Choice  —  Dear Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Barrett, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Thomas:  —  As you'll no doubt agree, Roe v. Wade was an ill-judged decision when it was handed down on Jan. 22, 1973.  —  It stood on the legal principle …
Wall Street Journal:
Abortion and the Supreme Court  —  This is the moment for the Justices to turn the issue over to the voters.  —  1x  —  The Supreme Court will soon decide an abortion case in which Mississippi has asked the Justices to overturn Roe v. Wade.  The oral argument suggested …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Opinion The Supreme Court bombshell may soon get even worse for Democrats  —  During the 2021 gubernatorial race in Virginia, Democrats poured millions of dollars into ads highlighting the GOP candidate's opposition to abortion.  Democrats also raised the possibility that the Supreme Court …
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Unpacking the Draft Supreme Court Opinion Set to Overrule Roe  —  Neal Katyal discusses what the shocking leak means for the future of abortion rights in America—and for the Court.  —  On Monday evening, Politico published a draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito …
David Klion / New York Magazine:
The Leak Is Good, Actually  —  The first thing to be said about Justice Samuel Alito's draft majority opinion striking down Roe v. Wade, which was published by Politico last night, is that it represents a catastrophe for Americans in general and Americans with uteruses in particular.
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden  —  We do not know whether this draft is genuine, or whether it reflects the final decision of the Court.  —  With that critical caveat, I want to be clear on three points about the cases before the Supreme Court.  —  First, my administration argued strongly …
Washington Post:
Majority of Americans say Supreme Court should uphold Roe, Post-ABC poll finds  —  A majority of Americans say the Supreme Court should uphold Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established a constitutional right to abortion, a Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted last week finds.
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Scoop: Senate Republicans share abortion talking points  —  The Senate Republicans' campaign arm is circulating a three-page memo, obtained by Axios, laying out how candidates and lawmakers can maximize their messaging on the U.S. Supreme Court's leaked draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Washington Post:
Roberts directs investigation into leaked draft of abortion opinion  —  The document is authentic but not final, the chief justice said in a news release Tuesday.  —  Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said Tuesday that the leaked draft opinion proposing to overturn Roe v. Wade is authentic but not final …
Politico:
Republicans rage about breach of draft Roe opinion  —  Few Republican lawmakers on Tuesday were celebrating a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade.  Instead, they were angrily demanding answers to how the document became public in the first place.
Jason Koebler / VICE:
Anarchist Collective Shares Instructions to Make DIY Abortion Pills
Discussion: Twitchy
Christine Filer / ABC News:
With Supreme Court poised to reverse Roe, most Americans support abortion rights: POLL
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Democrats push to ensure women get free birth control promised by ACA
Discussion: Washington Examiner, Bolts and NPR
Associated Press:
Biden blasts ‘radical’ Roe draft, warns other rights at risk
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Collins: Draft Roe decision ‘completely inconsistent’ with what Gorsuch, Kavanaugh said
CNN:
Supreme shock  —  “Just now on our site, we've published a story, along with an accompanying side bar …
Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE:
Amazon's Abortion Travel Benefit Doesn't Include Its Most Vulnerable Workers
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:   CNN's Jeffrey Toobin Worried SCOTUS Could Take Away His Right To Bribe Mistress To Get Abortion
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Opinion Democrats finally have a message. Will they seize it?
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Sen. Collins: ‘Completely inconsistent’ that Gorsuch, Kavanaugh would support overturning Roe v. Wade
New York Times:
How Americans are reacting to the Supreme Court news.
Washington Times:
Legal experts: SCOTUS leaker could be caught but not face criminal charges, possibly disbarred
Discussion: alicublog
New York Times:
What Would the End of Roe Mean? Key Questions and Answers.
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Democratic candidates call on Senate to nix filibuster for Roe
Henry Redman / Wisconsin Examiner:
In interview, Sen. Johnson says it ‘may be true’ that COVID vaccines cause AIDS  —  In a video interview published on the right-wing social media platform Rumble, Sen. Ron Johnson said it “may be true” that vaccines against COVID-19 cause AIDS.  —  Johnson was being interviewed …
Discussion: Washington Post and Mediaite
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Choose What State You Live in Carefully  —  Also: Larry Hogan is wrong about the future of Trumpism.  —  Thank you: To everyone who ordered Tim's book, Why We Did It, yesterday.  We got Tim all the way up to #165 on Amazon's book list—which is amazing for a book that's not even out yet.
Discussion: National Review
Emma Brown / Washington Post:
Norman Mineta, transportation secretary who helped create TSA, dies at 90  —  He became one of the country's highest-profile Asian American political leaders, as a big-city mayor, a 10-term congressman and a Cabinet secretary  —  Norman Y. Mineta, a first-generation Japanese American …
 
 
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