U.S. Supreme Court

On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough argues that the leaker of the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was likely a "fanatical" right-wing law clerk, or Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas. 

The late night comedy show hosts did not take the draft opinion from Justice Samuel Alito overturning Roe v. Wade well on their Tuesday shows. From lamenting the fall of human rights to references to the Taliban and The Handmaid's Tale, here is a summary of their lamentations.

On Tuesday’s episode of The ReidOut on MSNBC, justice correspondent for The Nation Elie Mystal had a complete meltdown over the prospect that the Supreme Court will hand the decision to make abortion legal to the states. 

On Tuesday’s CBS Evening News, anchor Norah O’Donnell was reporting live from the Supreme Court in the wake of the leaked draft of a court decision that would completely overturn Roe vs. Wade. During her coverage, she was clearly stunned by the apparent decision and the leak and baselessly worried that the decision would lead to a ban on gay marriage and contraceptives. 

Bill Gates took to Twitter to claim that the reversal of Roe v. Wade would “set us back 50 years.” The tweet came during a huge controversy over a leaked U.S. Supreme Court document revealing that SCOTUS will vote to repeal the decision that legalized abortion.

The View’s response to the leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision that overturns Roe v. Wade was just as unhinged as one might expect. In addition to Joy Behar claiming “fascism is down the line” for America, Whoopi Goldberg raged out and bizarrely claimed that the person deciding on the abortion was the woman, the doctor, AND the child that would be killed by the procedure.

The freak out over the leaking of a draft Supreme Court decision overturning Roe vs. Wade permeated all the cable channels and networks on Monday night and Tuesday morning. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell offered possibly the most petulant, whining about the 2000 election. O’Donnell opened his show by ranting, “Minority government! Minority-ruled government, and the Supreme Court is the most…

Historian Jon Meacham joined a special edition of Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC on Tuesday to warn that “everything is at risk” if the leaked draft opinion from Justice Alito overturning Roe v. Wade ends up being the final opinion.

Notorious liberal billionaire George Soros spewed tens of millions of dollars into the abortion lobby between 2016 and 2020. And as the U.S. Supreme Court is reportedly set to overturn Roe v. Wade (1973), never has there been a more important time to remind Americans.

On Tuesday, NBC’s Today show was in full panic mode after news broke Monday night of a leaked draft opinion from Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito suggesting that the high court was prepared to overturn Roe vs. Wade. The network morning show decried the “bombshell” news and lined up reactions from a series of Democrats and pro-abortion activists to preemptively condemn the potential…

After Tuesday’s New Day, CNN’s John Avlon is going to need a new name for his “reality check” statement as he had several factual errors in just the concluding part of his rundown of the leaked draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court will strike down Roe v. Wade, including that striking down Roe and allowing for pro-life laws isn’t conservative.

On Morning Joe, reacting to the leak of an apparent draft SCOTUS opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, Joe Scarborough said the opinion represents the "illegitimacy" of the Supreme Court, and that most Americans will view the decision and the Court as "illegitimate."  Jon Meacham said the decision is a "nightmare scenario" in which the US is in its "darkest days" for democracy. Neal Katyal, Obama's…

CNN may portray itself as a network that believes in science, but senior legal analyst Laura Coates destroyed that façade on Monday’s Don Lemon Tonight as she reacted to the leaked draft opinion that suggested the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade by alleging that women won’t be equal to men in post-Roe America and offering the fact that Justice Alito never…

The journalists at Good Morning America on Tuesday jumped into total freak out mode at the leaking of an apparent draft opinion showing the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade. They warned of the “shockwaves” and efforts by Court conservatives to “upend” the “lives of women.” Senior legal analyst Terry Moran huffed about the “scorn” Justice Samuel Alito was inflicting on…