The Supreme Court has confirmed the authenticity of the draft opinion Politico published Monday night and is pursuing an investigation into the leak. But the court is stressing that the opinion, which calls for overturning Roe v. Wade, does not yet equal the law of the land.
“Justices circulate draft opinions internally as a routine and essential part of the Court’s confidential deliberative work,” it said in a Tuesday press release. “Although the document described in yesterday’s reports is authentic, it does not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case.”
The court’s internal deliberations may be confidential, but the process of getting to a final ruling isn’t entirely a secret. Here’s what we know about how the nation’s highest court gets from consideration to conclusion.
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