The Leaked Opinion Explained: Dobbs v. Jackson

On May 2, 2022, a secret draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health was published by the website Politico. The opinion, the first unpublished Supreme Court draft ever leaked, is also the first to overturn a constitutional right. Drafted by Justice Alito, the decision of the court promises to overturn the abortion protections established by Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and reverse a sixty year federal right to abortion in the United States. It its wake, dozens of states (including Mississippi, the state who law was approved by the decision) will be permitted to to restrict and even ban abortion. Given the impact and the urgency, we rushed out this SCOTUS update explaining Alito’s leaked draft, what are his arguments, and what it means in terms of constitutional law. TalksOnLaw’s founder, Joel Cohen read the opinion in the hours immediately after it was dropped and gives a detailed, politically neutral (we hope) summary of the arguments presented by Justice Alito. ► For more legal explainers and interviews with the titans of law: http://www.talksonlaw.com ► Link to PDF of the leaked draft opinion: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1owT9zCNKV5Ds0X8KSvwcbl4kjtiBjSZW/view?usp=sharing ► Interview with Alexia Korberg, attorney for Jackson Women's Health https://www.talksonlaw.com/talks/dobbs-v-jackson-a-battleground-for-abortion-rights ____________________