USA – All eyes on Roberts ahead of Supreme Court’s abortion ruling

All eyes on Roberts ahead of Supreme Court's abortion ruling

By John Kruzel, The Hill
06/21/20

Chief Justice John Roberts is under the microscope as the Supreme Court prepares to issue its first major ruling on abortion rights in the Trump era, which will give the clearest indication yet of the court’s willingness to revisit protections that were first granted in Roe v. Wade.

The tie-breaking vote may rest with Roberts, and the case stands to test his role as the court’s new ideological center as well as his allegiance to past rulings.

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