(Life News)—Tomorrow is the third anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a decision that genuinely deserves the designation of “landmark.” Worth recalling is that before a draft of the decision was leaked to Politico and published on May 2, it was not widely assumed that the justices would use Mississippi’s 15 week protective law to overturn the horrific Roe v. Wade decision. In a 5-1-3 decision, the Supreme Court did just that.
Whatever the motivation—and most observers assumed it was intended to try to intimidate the justices—the source was never identified. But in May 2025, the FBI announced that it is reopening an investigation into the 2022 leak of the draft decision.
On the June 24th anniversary, I’ll offer a few comments on a discussion Justice Alito had with Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institute for what clues it offers to his judicial thinking in general, Dobbs in particular.
A few days after Dobbs was handed down and I had a chance to digest the decision, I offered my layman’s analysis of the framework of the decision. Drawing on quotes from the opinion, I looked at four points.
#1. There is no foundation.
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