Sunday 8 May 2022 09:38 PM Supreme Court's five-justice majority to overturn Roe v Wade is still intact trends now The conservative Supreme Court majority that plans to overturn Roe v Wade remains intact one week after a shocking draft decision was leaked, according to a report. The Washington Post reported on Saturday that the five justices who signed onto a draft majority opinion on February 10 stand by their votes, according to three unnamed conservative sources close to the court. Among those who support the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and eliminate women's Constitutional right to abortion, are Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Chief Justice John Roberts, meanwhile, still seems to oppose the decision - written by Justice Alito - and is trying to get Justices Barrett and Kavanaugh to take a more incremental decision before the Supreme Court formally announces its decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case. But as it stands right now, the Post reports, Barrett and Kavanaugh still support the decision, which will be opposed by Roberts and the Supreme Court's three liberal justices. It would therefore pass the Supreme Court 5 - 4. The five justices who signed onto a draft majority opinion on February 10 to overturn Roe v Wade still stand by their votes, according to a report from the Washington Post The draft decision was penned by Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote that 'Roe was egregiously wrong from the start' The Supreme Court draft decision has sparked waves since Politico first released it on Monday night, with Chief Justice John Roberts confirming its authenticity the next day. In the opinion, Alito writes: 'Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. 'It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives.' The wording may change in the final decision, the Post notes, as justices will have had time to offer critiques, dissents and revisions before it is formally announced in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case in July. In the case, Jackson Women's Health Organization - the only abortion provider in Mississippi - seeks to overturn the state's 2018 law banning abortions after the 15 weeks gestational period except in medical emergencies and in the case of severe fetal abnormality. The state, meanwhile, is asking the Supreme Court to allow states to ban abortions at a much earlier point than the current viability standard established by Roe v. Wade, a point where pregnancy cannot survive outside of a woman's uterus. WASHINGTON DC: An anti-abortion rights activist confronted pro abortion rights protesters outside the US Supreme Court on Wednesday WASHINGTON DC: Protests continued throughout the week, with these women standing outside in the rain to protest the draft decision on Saturday WASHINGTON DC: Girls held signs during an abortion-rights Mother's Day demonstration outside the Supreme Court WASHINGTON DC: Pro-abortion advocates rallied outside the Supreme Court after security guards set up fencing around the building But almost immediately after the decision was released, liberal Democrats said they would fight it, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeting Monday night that Sen. Joe Manchin is preventing a vote on codifying abortion rights into law, while Sen. Bernie Sanders suggested ending the filibuster to get it passed. Protests - both in favor and opposed to the draft decision - have also sprung up throughout the country, from small towns to large cities. The ensuing chaos prompted security guards to install tall fencing around the Supreme Court on Wednesday evening as clashes grew between pro- and anti-abortion groups. NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Abortion-rights activists gathered outside the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in downtown Manhattan to voice their support for a woman's right to choose NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Performance artist Crackhead Barney dangles a a baby doll during a Saturday morning demonstration outside the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Standing in a one-piece bathing suit, Crackhead Barney screamed: 'I'm killing the babies' and 'God killed his son, why can’t I?' And on Sunday, pro-choice protesters screamed 'you don't care if people die' while picketing the house of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, after dozens of demonstrators gathered in the rain the day before and marched towards the homes of conservative Justices Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh. Images of coat hangers were chalked on the street outside the justices' homes, an apparent attempt to reinforce the pro-choice argument that overturning Roe v. Wade will not put an end to abortion, but instead will end safe abortions. 'Keep abortion safe and legal,' the pro-abortion protesters chanted while they stood in the streets holding candles and signs. Others shouted: 'Your life is a lie!' and 'We will not go back!' Cops stood guard outside the justices' homes and, after what appeared to be a clash with demonstrators, ordered the activists to leave. At least one officer threatened to arrest and charge the protesters for violating Maryland law. Meanwhile, in New York, pro-abortion activists marched on St. Patrick's Cathedral Saturday as pro-life advocates attempted to engage in their monthly demonstration, FOX 5 reported. The group typically marches from the church to a nearby Planned Parenthood clinic on the first Saturday of every month in an effort to protest abortion. However, on Saturday they instead faced of with outraged pro-choice activists who fear the SCOTUS opinion may result in a federal abortion ban, which Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell confirmed was 'possible' The pro-choice demonstrators sported signs with messages like 'abortion is a gift,' 'anti-abortion laws kill us' and 'RIP Jesus, killed by "woke" deadbeat dad,' while the pro-life activists prayed the rosary and sang the hymn Ave Maria. And while Republicans are pleased with the content of the draft opinion, they are furious over the leak, with Chief Justice John Roberts sounding off about it in a private meeting Thursday, calling it 'absolutely appalling.' Roberts, in remarks to judges and lawyers in Atlanta first reported by CNN, underscored that he hoped 'one bad apple' would not change 'people's perception' of the high court. He called the 'person' or 'people' who leaked the document 'foolish' if they thought it would sway votes on the court. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz claimed on FOX News that the Supreme Court leak is the doing of an individual 'woke left-wing twit' Texas Senator Ted Cruz, meanwhile, claims the Supreme Court leak is the doing of an individual 'woke left-wing twit' and claims the person responsible for the chaos unleashed in America on Monday evening should be disbarred and put in jail. 'In over 200 years of our nation's history, that has never happened,' he told Fox Primetime host Brian Kilmeade on Wednesday. 'And there was one woke little left-wing twit who decided, to hell with his or her obligations to the justice they work for, to hell with their obligations to the court, to hell with their obligations to the rule of law, that they would instead try to sneak it out in order to put political pressure on the justices and intimidate them into changing their votes,' he added. Cruz, after graduating from Harvard Law School in 1995, clerked for Judge J. Michael Luttig of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and then for the Supreme Court's Chief Justice at the time William Rehnquist from 1996 to 1997. He told Fox News on Wednesday that it's 'difficult to overstate how destructive this is to the Supreme Court.' Trump administration Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday called the act of leaking a bombshell Supreme Court memo an 'unforgivable sin.' Republicans argue that the leak has destroyed the sanctity of the Supreme Court, which for most of its history has remained free of political influence and partisan bickering that is more common in the executive and legislative branches. 'We're going to find this person, and when they're found, they're going to be fired on the spot, they will be disbarred if they're a member of the bar, or they will never be admitted to the bar to be a lawyer, and to the extent that they've broken criminal laws, they need to be prosecuted and sent to jail,' Cruz said. 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