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. Jackson Women's Health Organization case. Roberts sided with the 6-3 majority in ruling on the Dobbs v. 31, 2006 after the Senate confirmed his nomination in a 58-42 vote, which followed Bush's withdrawal of his nomination of White House Counsel Harriet Miers. MCT/Getty Images Alito, 68, was nominated by President George W. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Anthony Alito Jr.
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