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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gustaf Kilander

Chief Justice John Roberts tried to protect Roe but failed to persuade Supreme Court colleagues, report claims

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Chief Justice John Roberts worked in secret to try to convince his fellow conservatives on the Supreme Court not to overturn Roe v Wade but the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion in early May likely ruined his chances, a new report suggests.

Justice Roberts worked to the very end of this spring’s Supreme Court session, but CNN now reports that Brett Kavanaugh, the right-wing justice considered most likely to change his mind, was probably never close to doing so.

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