News analysis
As the Supreme Court continues struggling with the unprecedented leak earlier this month of a draft majority opinion that would reverse Roe v. Wade, the draft’s author, Justice Samuel Alito, told a law school audience he was bothered by a court opinion written by a conservative colleague that extended employment protections to gay and transgender employees.
Alito’s speech came hours after the Supreme Court justices met face-to-face on May 12 for a closed-door conference on court business for the first time since the unauthorized publication of a draft majority opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade generated a firestorm of controversy. After the conference, the court’s website was updated to indicate that one or more opinions in pending cases may be released on May 16. It is unclear which opinion or opinions those may be.
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