Posted on 05/05/22
| News Source: Newsmax
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has pulled out of a scheduled public appearance following the leak of his draft opinion indicating that Roe v. Wade will be overturned.
Alito had been set to attend the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' judicial conference, which begins Thursday. A Supreme Court spokesperson confirmed to Reuters that Alito would not be at the conference.
Among Alito's high court tasks is reviewing emergency appeals from the 5th Circuit, which includes the New Orleans-based federal appeals court and district courts in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas were scheduled to speak at a conference for the 11th Circuit on Thursday and Friday, according to a program obtained by Reuters.
Newsmax reached out to the Supreme Court to find out whether Roberts and Thomas still planned to appear at the conference, and had not heard back.
Roberts on Tuesday confirmed the authenticity of a leaked draft opinion in a Mississippi case that suggested the Supreme Court may be poised to strike down the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide. He ordered an investigation into what he called an "egregious breach of trust."