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Bush in 2005, led the charge against Roe in writing the conservative majority opinion released Friday.

'A narrower decision rejecting the misguided viability line would be markedly less unsettling, and nothing more is needed to decide this case.' Justice Samuel AlitoĪlito, who was appointed to the court by former President George W. 'The Court's decision to overrule Roe and Casey is a serious jolt to the legal system-regardless of how you view those cases,' the chief justice wrote, also referring to the 1992 abortion decision that subsequently upheld Roe. In his concurring opinion, released alongside the majority opinion on Friday, Roberts criticized the court's five other conservative justices, saying they went too far in their decision. But the chief justice disputed the conservative majority's total rebuke of Roe, instead, opting for a more middle-ground approach that would have allowed Mississippi to keep its statute without nixing federal abortion protections, effectively weakening abortion rights across the country without gutting them completely. Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building on Friday, Oct. Jackson Women's Health Organization case. Roberts sided with the 6-3 majority in ruling on the Dobbs v. This week’s joint statement largely echoes what they. It’s rare for the justices to comment publicly on ethics issues. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Supreme Court’s new ethics declaration stops short of concrete action.

Pictures of current supreme court justices