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The Conservatives Aren’t Just Ending <em>Roe</em>—They’re Delighting in It

This is the work of the Supreme Court’s emboldened, radical majority.
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Something fundamental about the Supreme Court has changed in recent months. It is not simply that the Court has a conservative supermajority, although that is . What is really striking is just how emboldened that conservative supermajority is—how willing to take on a number of deeply divisive how blasé about making major decisions via the Court’s ; how open to making rapid, profound changes to long-standing precedent. Last night, when released a leaked February draft of an opinion by Justice Samuel Alito that would reverse , the landmark decision recognizing the right to choose

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