The president said he believed the conservative justices on today’s court would, like failed Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork in 1987, disagree with the court’s ruling in Griswold v. Patty Murray on the fight to save abortion rightsīiden and others are sounding alarms that the same logic could be used to toss out other protections. The draft opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, a member of the court’s 6-3 conservative majority, argues that unenumerated constitutional rights - those not explicitly mentioned in the document - must be “deeply rooted in the Nation’s history and traditions.” And it says abortion doesn’t meet that standard. The draft’s potentially sweeping impact could be tempered by the other justices, or it could emerge largely unchanged - with what advocates and Biden say could bring even more severe consequences. So while the eventual ruling in the abortion case appears all but assured, the written rationale - and its implications - may still be a hotly debated subject inside the court’s private chambers.
“What are the next things that are going to be attacked? Because this MAGA crowd is really the most extreme political organization that’s existed in recent American history,” Biden said.Ĭourt opinions can change in ways big and small throughout the drafting process. READ MORE: Here’s how the right to abortion is also an economic issue “This is about a lot more than abortion,” President Joe Biden warned on Wednesday, saying the court’s draft opinion could jeopardize same-sex marriage, access to contraception and LGBTQ rights. But uncertainty abounds about ripple effects as the court nears a final opinion expected to overturn the landmark 1973 case that created a nationwide right to abortion.Ī leaked first draft of the majority opinion in the case, authenticated Tuesday by the Supreme Court, suggests that a majority of justices are poised to toss out Roe. The draft’s provocative rhetoric also is generating concern that LGTBQ advances and other matters based on the right to privacy could be vulnerable in a newly hostile political environment. "I made the wrong vote, and we must now make it right," representative Billy Richardson said in an opinion article for the Fayetteville Observer.WASHINGTON (AP) - Little doubt remains about what the Supreme Court plans to do with Roe v. The supporters wore pins that read "no men in women's bathrooms" and thanked Republican Governor Pat McCrory for standing firm against attacks on the measure, WTVD-TV reported.Įxecutives from dozens of US corporations have urged both North Carolina and Mississippi officials to repeal their laws.Ī state legislator who was one of 11 Democrats to vote for North Carolina's measure called for its repeal on Monday. The law also bars local governments from enacting anti-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In North Carolina, several hundred people rallied in Raleigh on Monday in support of that state's law, the first in the nation to require transgender people to choose bathrooms and locker rooms that match the gender on their birth certificate. "That's the version of Mississippi we believe in, and that's the Mississippi we won't stop fighting for." "There have always been people here battling injustice," the letter said.
Ninety-five Mississippi writers, including best-selling author John Grisham, signed a letter released on Monday calling for a repeal of the law before it takes effect in July. The law signed in Mississippi last week allows people with religious objections to deny wedding services to same-sex couples and permits employers to cite religion in determining workplace policies on dress code, grooming and bathroom and locker access. "I cannot in good conscience perform in a state where certain people are being denied their civil rights due to their sexual orientation," Adams wrote on his website. Supporters of the measures say they are needed to keep women and children safe in restrooms and to protect religious freedom after a US Supreme Court ruling last year legalised same-sex marriage.Īdams, who was set to perform on Thursday (local time), called the state's measure "extremely discriminatory". The cancellations come as US states consider legislation seen as restricting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. Last week, rock star Bruce Springsteen called off a weekend concert in North Carolina to show his opposition to a new law there barring transgender people from choosing bathrooms consistent with their gender identity. Canadian singer Bryan Adams has cancelled a show in Mississippi to protest a new state law that will let people with religious objections deny services to same-sex couples, the second major concert scrapped in the US South over discrimination concerns.