Roberts’ Refusal To Release Dobbs Opinion Is Jeopardizing The Lives Of His Colleagues

[Kamaji]

John Roberts’ Refusal To Release Dobbs Opinion Is Jeopardizing The Lives Of His Colleagues

Roberts’ refusal to issue the Dobbs decision has opened the floodgates for a bevy of continued threats and acts of violence against sitting members of the court from left-wing anarchists.

BY: SHAWN FLEETWOOD
JUNE 14, 2022

Since the infamous leak of the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization last month, Americans have waited with bated breath for the high court to issue its verdict on the constitutionality of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which federally legalized abortion in the United States.

Despite high expectations that the court would release its final Dobbs opinion—which is expected to deem Roe unconstitutional—on Monday SCOTUS instead issued a series of less contentious opinions, once again leaving millions of Americans in limbo. The high court is set to release more legal opinions on Wednesday, with notable cases pertaining to gun rights, school choice, and the regulatory power of the Environmental Protection Agency also awaiting publication.

While the leaked Dobbs majority draft opinion striking down federally legalized abortion has generated enthusiasm from pro-life activists, the prospect of SCOTUS overturning Roe has pushed an already unhinged left to the breaking point. Since the draft’s publication in Politico, leftists have repeatedly shown up in droves at the homes of the Republican-appointed members of the court in order to harass and intimidate the justices into keeping Roe in place.

Last month, the left-wing activist group Shut Down D.C. organized a demonstration outside of Justice Samuel Alito’s Virginia home “because it’s been impossible to reach him at the Supreme Court,” with participants shouting phrases such as “our bodies, our voice!” and “Alito is a coward.” Threatening demonstrations have also taken place at the Virginia home of Justice Amy Coney Barrett, with the radical pro-abortion group Ruth Sent Us recently encouraging its supporters to target Barrett’s home, children, and church.

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According to prior reporting, Roberts plans to oppose the overturning of Roe alongside the court’s Democrat appointees, with the chief justice allegedly attempting to sway Justices Barrett and Kavanaugh to join him.

Rather than releasing the Dobbs opinion as soon as possible, Roberts appears to be withholding the decision until the end of the court’s term, which would mean the ultimate fate of Roe wouldn’t be publicly known until late June or early July. If this is the case, such irresponsible and feckless decision-making indicates that Roberts is seemingly fine with the ongoing threats against his colleagues, some of whom (like Barrett and Kavanaugh) are parents of young children.

Just as his caving to public pressure on the court’s 2012 Obamacare case gave Democrats license to harass and bully SCOTUS, Roberts’ refusal to issue the Dobbs decision has opened the floodgates for a bevy of continued threats and acts of violence against sitting members of the court from left-wing anarchists until the opinion is released. If Roberts truly cared about the institution of the high court and the safety of his fellow justices, he would quit whatever political game he’s playing and release the opinion that could end the trigger for these threats to the justices and save millions of innocent babies across the country.

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Source:  https://thefederalist.com/2022/06/14/john-roberts-refusal-to-release-dobbs-opinion-is-jeopardizing-the-lives-of-his-colleagues/

[mountaineer]

He probably should have issued the ruling already. However, I can see that releasing now might put the rest of the term at risk, given the left's well-organized plans for violence (see the thread about deploying the National Guard). Whenever it is released, the justices and their families better be in a very secure location (not the lefties, of course - they're safe). Barrett, Kavanaugh, et al., might want to consider packing up their valuables, because those nuts are going to try to burn down their houses.

[Kamaji]

He probably should have issued the ruling already. However, I can see that releasing now might put the rest of the term at risk, given the left's well-organized plans for violence (see the thread about deploying the National Guard). Whenever it is released, the justices and their families better be in a very secure location (not the lefties, of course - they're safe). Barrett, Kavanaugh, et al., might want to consider packing up their valuables, because those nuts are going to try to burn down their houses.

That is a possibility.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Roberts is feverishly behind the scenes attempting to influence the majority votes not to overturn "For the good of the country"

[Cyber Liberty]

Roberts is feverishly behind the scenes attempting to influence the majority votes not to overturn "For the good of the country"

And he's willing to let a Justice die so he can have the 4-4 split in the SCOTUS. 

It's interesting he's pressuring the two justices that are experiencing the most danger.  He has a strategy.

[cato potatoe]

We are stuck with Roberts as chief until he retires or is impeached.  But I would hope the other justices have the courage to issue a public rebuke if this delay is unnecessary.

[PeteS in CA]

For some reason, I find myself unable to believe that after the Dobbs decision is pronounced, all the Pro-Abortion and miscellaneous Prog thugs will pick up their baseball bats, tuck tail, and head home.

[Cyber Liberty]

For some reason, I find myself unable to believe that after the Dobbs decision is pronounced, all the Pro-Abortion and miscellaneous Prog thugs will pick up their baseball bats, tuck tail, and head home.

I hope you're correct.  The pro-aborts cannot help themselves and will be on full obnoxious for November.

[mountaineer]

For some reason, I find myself unable to believe that after the Dobbs decision is pronounced, all the Pro-Abortion and miscellaneous Prog thugs will pick up their baseball bats, tuck tail, and head home.

We all know they're just looking for an excuse to riot. If the police don't shoot another black man in the midst of committing a felony, a Supreme Court ruling will do.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Maybe SCOTUS will drop a Public Relations dump on the country after 5:00 PM on the Friday, July 1st, of the Independence Day weekend.

That's how the weasels do it.

[jmyrlefuller]

And he's willing to let a Justice die so he can have the 4-4 split in the SCOTUS. 

It's interesting he's pressuring the two justices that are experiencing the most danger.  He has a strategy.

Shades of the conveniently timed "unexpected" death of Justice Scalia.