The Supreme Court leaked. The draft opinion said Roe was finished. Not weakened, not chipped away—finished. The secrecy of the Court cracked wide open, and for once the public didn’t have to wait until June for the gut punch.
Protesters lit up the night outside courthouses. The robe declared originalism. Women declared fury. Trigger laws rattled in red states, loaded and waiting for the ruling. Clinics knew what was coming and braced for the stampede.
In summary:
- The Court. More worried about the leak than the right it erased. Pretending secrecy was the scandal, not the substance.
- The States. Already sharpening bans like knives. Waiting to swing.
- The People. Fury rising, grief thick, determination visible.
Roe was always fragile. It survived by precedent, not protection. The Court tore precedent into paper and called it fidelity to the Constitution. History will call it regression.