'It's precedent': how supreme court justices spoke about Roe v Wade in the past

 

With Roe v Wade on the brink of defeat, following the leak of a supreme court opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito and signed by four other conservative judges, the court’s views – and track record – on abortion are under extreme scrutiny. The Guardian looks back at what Alito and four other justices have said on the landmark 1973 case in the past.

Because being elevated to a seat on the Supreme Court is most coveted position in American jurisprudence, why anyone is stunned that the three most recent conservative appointees lied about their position on Roe v. Wade is beyond me.