It is the hot news story of the day. Questions abound. Someone in the Supreme Court leaked information indicating that Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision affirming a women’s right to choose to have an abortion, might be overturned. Who leaked this information?
(As an aside, my doctor noted that at my age – 76 – I should expect to start leaking. But I am not on the Supreme Court. Getting old sucks. Ha, Ha! Just remember, if you could not laugh, you would cry.)
Who leaked? Chief Justice Roberts has instructed the court’s marshal to investigate but finding an answer to that question will take some time.
The issue of abortion rights has simmered just below the surface for decades. Positions, both Pro Life and Pro Choice, are passionately held. Of the two camps, which would be more likely to benefit by leaking the draft opinion? An interesting question and one worthy of discussion, for sure.
More troubling, however, is the significance of the leak itself. What does it say about our regard for the Rule of Law? More and more often today, people are ignoring laws if those laws do not support their preferred positions.
Rule of Law? Sure, everyone supports the Rule of Law. Really? Well, maybe not. See my thoughts on our Immigration Crisis. What do you think?