Roberts May Not be Writing Opinion in Dobbs Case, Which Means Supreme Court Might Overturn Roe

And one indication about how the nation’s highest court may rule on the Dobbs case and abortion comes from the division of labor — which justices are chosen by Chief Justice John Roberts to write which majority opinions.

It may be nothing. It may mea n everything. But some observers are saying that the authorship of opinions so far this term mean Roberts may not be writing the Dobbs opinion. And if he’s not writing the opinion, then it appears a more conservative justice is — which potentially means a justice writing for a 5-4 majority (or possibly 6-3 at best) that would vote to overturn Roe and finally allow states to protect babies from abortion.

Here’s more:

On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, ruling that “emotional distress damages are not recoverable in a private action to enforce either the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the Affordable Care Act.”

The case is completely unrelated to abortion. But what is interesting, however, is who wrote the majority opinion: Roberts. This matters because the court heard oral arguments for nine cases in December; thus each justice was most likely assigned to write the opinion of one case. Therefore, if Roberts wrote the opinion in this case, it suggests he is not writing the opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

“Roberts’ authorship of this opinion suggests (but does not guarantee) that he is NOT writing the abortion decision. Otherwise, he would have two majority opinions from the December sitting and some other justice would have none,” observed Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr… (Excerpt from LIFENEWS.COM)