The One Thing the Dissenting Justices Could Do to Save Roe
Posted on AllSides June 1st, 2022
From The Left
OPINION
Five of the nine Supreme Court justices are prepared to overturn Roe v. Wade and wrest from hundreds of millions of Americans the fundamental right to access abortion. The four justices in the minority can and must stop that from happening. Chief Justice John Roberts, along with Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor, should recuse themselves in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and deny the Supreme Court a quorum, preventing the end of Roe.
Federal law and the Supreme Court’s own rules establish the quorum of justices necessary to do business at six. Put another way, unless at least...
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