The Supreme Court seems poised to gut U.S. abortion rights

+ Associated Press: Washington governor promises to defend abortion rights

+ YouTube: “George Carlin – Pro-Life is Anti-Woman!” Ed. note: An outstandingly brilliant treatise on-video.

+ MSNBC Opinion: Roe v Wade leak proves the wheels are coming off the Supreme Court – This leak, whether clumsy or brilliant, has cut at one of the foundational norms of the court.

+ Truthout: Gorsuch, Kavanaugh & Barrett “Lied to the US Senate” About Respecting “Roe”

+ MSNBC: Susan Collins had to know she was voting to kill Roe v. Wade – Collins implies that Gorsuch and Kavanaugh deceived her on abortion rights. That’s a stretch.

+ NBC News: Another moderate Republican, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, said her “confidence in the court has been rocked” by the draft opinion.

+ Business Insider: John Roberts’ worst ‘nightmare’ is playing out as the Supreme Court stands poised to gut abortion rights in the US

+ NBC News: Former Supreme Court law clerks worry Roe leak could sow distrust among justices and staff members – Two former clerks said the bombshell leak could affect how opinions for sensitive cases are drafted and circulated internally.

+ Katie Couric: Neal Katyal discusses leaked Supreme Court draft decision that telegraphs overturning of Roe v. Wade

+ David Hogg Tweet [Parkland school shooting survivor]: So let me get this straight- one leak from the SCOTUS and the marshal is called in to investigate by Chief Justice Roberts but a sitting justice’s wife literally plotted to overthrow the government and no investigation? Interesting.

+ Edward Snowden Tweet: Neither a law nor a court can truly justify the revocation of a human right; the most fundamental of our freedoms are inabrogable. The repression of such an essential liberty may be effective, for a time, but it cannot be legitimate.