Consider this sketchy right now. Politico is reporting they have “obtained” a draft copy of the Supreme Court majority opinion which would reverse Roe -v- Wade federal abortion law and return the decisions on abortion law to the individual states. {Uploaded Draft pdf Here}
While it is 98-pages, it is only a draft opinion. The decision of the individual judges could change at any time based on their view of the severity of the outcome, wording and other inputs that would be provided. A draft opinion from internal deliberations has never, ever, been leaked before from inside the supreme court; and that alone should send warning flags to everyone.
Personally, I doubt any draft from February would be pertinent today. This entire scenario just sounds massively sketchy.
“POLITICO received a copy of the draft opinion from a person familiar with the court’s proceedings in the Mississippi case along with other details supporting the authenticity of the document. The draft opinion runs 98 pages, including a 31-page appendix of historical state abortion laws. The document is replete with citations to previous court decisions, books and other authorities, and includes 118 footnotes. The appearances and timing of this draft are consistent with court practice.”
According to the draft, written by Justice Alito after the February oral arguments in the Dobbs -vs- Jackson’s Women’s Health case, five justices are aligned to overturn the 1973 ruling (Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett); three justices are in dissent (Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan); and Chief Justice John Robert’s position is undetermined.
[…] The document, labeled as a first draft of the majority opinion, includes a notation that it was circulated among the justices on Feb. 10. If the Alito draft is adopted, it would rule in favor of Mississippi in the closely watched case over that state’s attempt to ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
A Supreme Court spokesperson declined to comment or make another representative of the court available to answer questions about the draft document. (read article)
Again, this leak is very sketchy.
Abortion on demand is the holy grail of social policy for the most extreme radical and violent leftists. If this is a real leak from a staffer inside the Supreme Court, the explosive intent would be to railroad the final decision before it becomes public, and/or create some form of government intervention in congress.
This decision in June, if the leak is accurate, will tighten all of the mid-term races.
As intended.
None of these “leaders”, Democrat or GOP care about women, about children, about anything except $$$$$ and their 10% via the Big Guy. And they have foul records to prove it.
And fervent fools will fall for it, again and again and again.
We want to stop most abortions? (It will be impossible to stop all abortions without killing mothers. Look up Catholic doctrines which permit abortion as a side effect of saving a pregnant woman’s life.)
Doctrine of Double Effect:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6027086/
Jesus destroyed the old Covenant over Mans doctrines and decree’s,( in part) just saying. He did however make sure the Apostles told people Not to forget the old Law and to Learn from it.
NMT, the link above involves the difficult
medical decisions that must be made when a woman with particular conditions becomes pregnant, and the pregnancy stresses her body in ways that risk her life.
When this came up in a philosophy class, in a discussion of ethics, an ardent young prolife student was clearly unaware of the medical complications. This did not improve his arguments
This is sketchy. First, out of the blue ACB and Kavanaugh are going to act like conservative justices? Puh leeze. They never fail to disappoint. No way was this court planning on doing the right thing. Since when? This gives the uni party something to argue about for the mid-terms and its never is any danger of happening. Yes I’m completely jaded and cynical.
Remember Kavanaugh’s promise to Susan Collins
Do tell!
Gorsuch made that promise too.
The Supreme Coward Kavanaugh promised Collins that he considered Roe v. Wade “settled law”.
“Resurfaced comments from Collins show that she said on several occasions that Kavanaugh told her he viewed Roe v. Wade as a “settled law” and deeply rooted precedent. Kavanaugh has not directly confirmed that he made these statements to Collins.”
ref. https://www.newsweek.com/what-susan-collins-says-brett-kavanaugh-told-her-about-roe-v-wade-1703010
With good reason.
I wonder how many insurrection arrests by the FBI there will be for this ruling.
Given the magnitude of this likely decision with all its attendant strife and loss to life and limb, WHERE THE HELL IS THE NATIONAL GUARD?
Also, we always knew our differences with the left came down to honesty and character, AND NOW WE SEE IT BLARING AT US!
Conservative dissent was considered to be an undermining of faith in our constitutional system and an extremist position worthy of prosecution, and no attempt to claim that the very behavior of our government was responsible for creating this loss of faith( NOT THOSE WHO RIGHTLY QUESTION SUCH BEHAVIOR) was countenanced.
Now we see the left claiming that THEIR DISSENT IS DUE TO THE ROGUE BEHAVIOR OF THE SUPREME COURT, AND IS THUS NOT THE CAUSE OF ANY UNDERMINING OF FAITH IN OUR CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM.
THIS REEKS OF DISHONESTY ON A LEVEL THAT IS UTTERLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH CIVIL DISCOURSE.
THEY MUST BE CRUSHED AT THE BALLOT BOX, AND PITILESSLY SHUNNED HENCEFORTH. THERE IS NO RECONCILIATION POSSIBLE WITH SUCH RANK DISHONESTY!
PRO-LIFE SUPPORTERS. PLEASE FLOCK TO THE POLLS TODAY TO RID OUR WORLD OF THESE REPROBATE CREEPS.
as it stands this would bring the 14th A into the spotlight?
If the decision returns to the States, it’s only an attempt by the party of Satan to increase voter turnout among those that place the murder of babies above all other considerations.
In the end, the party of Satan could care less about any of this. They only crave power and they are hoping the baby killers + voter fraud + dominion will be able to hold the line against the MAGA wave come November.
Abortion is an archaic concept! It is murder! With all the ways to avoid pregnancy available in the 21st century, why is it even an issue?
The decision to have and abortion should never have been at the Federal level, never. And I believe it should never even be left to the States. Being the act of having an abortion is murder, it should be treated as a crime. ‘Thou shalt not kill’, that is pretty clear. We have compromised long enough with these degenerate fools. They are taking us straight to hell with them. Because we wanted no trouble. There is no compromising with evil.
I say, if they burn it all down, they literally are destroying their own evil system. Do we truly want it to continue?
To answer your question Loren, there are a lot of reasons why contraception either fails, or is prohibitively expensive or inaccessible.
Many health insurance companies will not cover contraception, or will only cover some devices and not others.
Women with chronic migraines are often advised by their neurologists to avoid contraceptive pills which increase their risk of stroke.
People with alcoholism and bipolar disorder, both men and women, may lack impulse control — leaving them vulnerable to unintended conceptions. (And the poor infants conceived under these circumstances may struggle with fetal alcohol syndrome or other significant disabilities as a result of their parent’s incompetence)
The late great Rush Limbaugh campaigned against contraceptive pill coverage (for a woman with polycystic ovarian syndrome IIRC). Rush was wonderful but in this case, clueless
But condoms are widely available without prescription to both
men and women..granted just like the pill not 100 percent but that
is the risk you take engaging in sex.. Abortion should be allowed
for cases of rape, Incest, where the mother life is in eminent danger
or the baby has birth defects that would render it quality of life
as pretty non existant..
Condoms are great, and fortunately no longer hidden behind apothecary counters requiring a pharmacist’s assistance to buy. In some parts of the world condoms are accessible with vending machines. One upside of the AIDS epidemic was that condom manufacturers worked harder on quality control… but even so, condoms are not 100%.
Tubal ligation was not covered by my otherwise-fine health insurance plan. Tubal ligation is actually a public health issue. Women over a particular age become more vulnerable to particular complications, and often have other children to look after — death or disability of a mother is a terrible thing. I have read that in Afghanistan, because of high maternal death rates, one in five children is raised without a mother? I can’t back this up with links, but I do know just by observation that children suffer if their mother is ill, incapacitated or dead. It is hard for anyone else to fill that gap (although some do. Daughter’s friend just married a man, a widower with four children already, and new mom is over-the-moon happy with her readymade family)
But back to topic, this is not an area that requires the heavy hand of government. Better public/media education could help people to better understand the intricacies… and that is exactly where our worst corruption is beating us
Rush was never clueless. He rightfully mocked the woman’s (Sandra Fluke) demand that government (i.e., taxpayers) fund her contraception which, at the time, she claimed cost her $3,000 per year. She did not suffer from that medical condition.
She demanded (she was invited by the always-opportunistic Democrats to testify before Congress) that contraceptive pills be provided at no cost to her. During that testimony, she claimed that the women of Georgetown, other religious schools, and employees of religious institutions such as hospitals had endured “financial, emotional and medical burdens because of this lack of contraceptive coverage“.
She mentioned friends affected by such policies, citing a friend with polycystic ovary syndrome. Fluke stated this friend needed contraceptive hormones costing over $100 per month to treat the disease, and that while PcOS was “covered by Georgetown insurance”, the insurance company repeatedly denied contraceptives because they suspected the purpose of the medication was for contraceptive uses.”
The “friend’s” medical needs is an entirely different argument and was quite obviously introduced into her remarks to poison the strong argument against government funding, IMHO.
Of course the usual weak-spined GOP members distanced themselves from Limbaugh’s funny and sarcastic remarks that the woman’s ridiculous demands deserved. IMHO.
GBBari, thanks for clarifying the details.
I still maintain that anyone who does not intend to be a parent should be encouraged in every way possible to not-conceive. That is the ideal way to prevent abortions — prevent conception.
So far as public expenses go, i spent some time employed by a gastroenterology practice where I was in a position to view the intimate medical charts of a LOT of people.
Among them: women who were trying to get through a much-wanted pregnancy without flares of very difficult gut diseases that are usually managed by medicines that are poisonous to a pregnancy.
Also: women who had been ripped from stem to stern during delivery, and this left them with varying degrees of bowel incontinence.
Rare? Yes. But it can happen. Pregnancy and childbirth often go VERY well, leaving the whole family delighted. When there are problems and complications, though, these are not necessarily minor. Ask a cardiologist if women have ever had heart risks from carrying a baby.
It is a miraculous process and a privilege to conceive and bear a child. It is also dangerous in many ways, and not something to risk lightly.
If more people would treat the process with the respect it deserves, we would all be happier. And unintended conceptions as well as abortions would likely go down. People would just be more careful if they didn’t think of it all so casually, the way much of our media depicts reproductive activities.
“I still maintain that anyone who does not intend to be a parent should be encouraged in every way possible to not-conceive. That is the ideal way to prevent abortions — prevent conception.”
….
“It is a miraculous process and a privilege to conceive and bear a child. It is also dangerous in many ways, and not something to risk lightly.”
❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Comes down to a moral (sin) issue, doesn’t it!
There is a reason God gave commandments and Abortion is one of them. ‘ Thou shalt not comment adultery’, there really are no excuses. God gave his commandments as protection not as an authoritarian tyrant, like some humans we know.
There is no COMPROMISE with sin! God is not compromising and the US is and the reason we find ourselves in this pickle. God is winning but the humans on earth are losing.
Amen!
Loren; this is the province of the vax mandates. It is one thing to discuss, inform, promote or advocate — it is quite another to mandate and force other human beings against their will.
Likely the great majority of Americans are both uncomfortable with abortion and uncomfortable trying to force intimate medical decisions on other people. The Republicans, once again, are going to support extreme positions in order to lose. And that’s the brilliant strategy that will hurt and divide us all, once again.
Assist pregnant women. Go all out and do it! God knows unintended pregnancy is a scary and vulnerable situation for many, and you can make a huge and beneficial difference with your direct help
Not with threats, laws, law enforcement and political advantage seeking.
Two things. First, there is no question that the scales are falling from the eyes of many, which is why we are seeing even this much of a repudiation of what was once taken for granted by almost everyone. Second, nobody should expect that reversing and eliminating the advancement of the culture of death will be easy. For that to be true, we would have to be the country we were before we went down the road of human sacrifice and sexual deviance.
And just like that……liberals remember what a woman is.
right! so amazing!
Don’t believe the lies on polls. It’s 50/50.
Well since The Gateway Pundit has every article today on this subject then you know it’s a deep state operation designed to distract, instill anger, fear, hatred, Fill in the blank emotion, etc. good grief, it never ends since they have all our tax money to play these games. We’re the suckers.
My spouse is a television watcher. Let’s see if Ukraine drops out of the news.
Brother had radio on earlier today and it was all Roe v Wade, not a word about Ukraine.
Lots of online threats posted about burning SC, DC or all of the country to the ground it RvW is overturned.
Rest assured the Feds will investigate and prosecute all of these threats AND that social media will ban all the accounts.
Are you all stocked up for the summer of fire and brimstone?
Get your ammo now
If you haven’t already, damn straight,
Mean time, it’s good cheap entertainment watching and hearing their calls for insurrection. I noted that the President has already asked the riot talkers to calm down with his “fight like hell” words. Perhaps Liz Cheney will open hearings.
Will the smirking Chief Justice still scold PDJT about how the SCOTUS is an apolitical, unbiased, bipartisan, deliberative body? Will the smirking Chief Justice do anything AT ALL about the leak or leaker? Of course not.
He will send a strongly worded letter.
He already did 😊
And then what? I’m certain, if the Marshal of the Court is serious, they’ll soon discover who the leaker is. Then what? Will that person’s name be made public? Will that person face serious consequences?
Then, another stern letter will be issued. By our smirking Chief Justice
That’s what I’m afraid of.
dems think federalism is the ticket with respect to a national immigration policy and the division it has caused since 1965. Might be a good time for a convention of States
Tell SCOTUS to pound sand
It would not surprise me if Roberts leaked it to gauge the public response, and then change his opinion accordingly.
Roberts has already sided with the democRATS in this case.
It was leaked for at least 2 reasons:
3. Summer Of Love 2.0
The Summer of Birthing People
To Legislate a new “right” should require an amendment to the Constitution.
Follow the science, you satanic leftist child murderers.
“Wedge issue.” “Common sense.” “Polling suggests.” “Reasonable.”
I’m not one to sacrifice the good in pursuit of the perfect, so chuck out the blatantly unconstitutional RvW and ram this right back to states (where “most people” think it belongs) and let’s get to the baby-saving on a grand ol’ scale.
Then just maybe God will shed His light on America again.
Bannon War Room. Bannon connects the dots with the timing of the leak.
Tonight is the national meeting / dinner/ fund raiser for Emily’s List in Washington DC. A black tie event of the most powerful left wing and wealthy donors. EMILY’s List is an American political action committee that aims to help elect Democratic female candidates in favor of abortion rights to office.
There are no coincidences.
Liz Yore connected that dot… excellent insight…
there you go!
One problem with that theory. It will be Kamelallalala rama lama ding dong delivering the speech. In which she will say; “We need to shine a light on women’s issues because light is lighter than air and light makes darkness light-er, and lighters help start everyone’s blunt.
Seen on 8kun: “Things are about to get mostly peaceful.”
Democrats in a panic now praying to their god Abortion-on-Demand.
Yahoo headline: “Democrats hope draft abortion opinion will jolt midterm elections”
And THAT is why it was leaked, ASSUMING it’s even authentic.
Yup.
Screw the out-of-control corruption in government; screw the out-of-control inflation, screw the unaffordable fuel prices, screw the life-threatening food shortages and deliberate attacks on food supply chains, screw the attempted genocide via poisonous Covid Quackcines; screw the attacks on our First and Fourth Amendment rights and unlawful imprisonment of January 6 protesters…. …
TOP PRIORITY IS – – DEMOCRATS GOTTA KEEP KILLING THOSE BABIES to please Moloch, their god.
It’s “sketchy” alright.
These people are nuts
2022 elections. What better way to stir up the suburban female voter. To make them forget about the economy and roaring inflation
That was a direct hit!
It isn’t sketchy. It’s the real thing. 3 liberals against. 5 normal justices for it and Roberts undecided.
“Roberts undecided” ?
Refusal to choose IS a choice.
Roberts has determined The Federal Gov’t. has a right to tax everyone to pay for Abortions. Right? Same with 11yo’s sex change hormone treatments … it’s a tax.
they will keep surrendering, with glee, our babies to Molech,,,,and they will dance and cavort while they do it
Why is around 90 % of the news we get anymore a leak not a fact ?
Information Warfare.
To quote Alex Jones: “There’s a war on for your mind.”
Suspicious Cat is suspicious.
What if this is a double reverse fake out with SCOTUS NOT ending Roe, and it’s meant to set up another FAKE INSURRECTION event???
There are no coincidences in the timing of the leak, tonight is their national fundraiser in DC:
2022 We Are EMILY Conference and Gala Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Omni Shoreham Hotel
2500 Calvert Street NW
Washington, DC 20008
https://emilyslist.org/2022
Whew. Glad I’m not in DC to be visually assaulted by that many ugly Demonrat whamman.
Mannys
“Early Money Is Like Yeast”
good luck, Emily!
Bright Side: Maybe more celebrities will leave the US and move to Europe?
Oh wait, those countries have abortion laws more restrictive than the US.
Imperative that SCOTUS issue the offical court decision ASAP.
2000 miles released this week, Roe v Wade leaked last night.
There are no coincidences.
The Constitution, although quite ambiguous on the right to bear arms, is unequivocal on the right to abortion on demand until birth.
You mean the rationale cited in the US Constitution for the 2A is ambiguous, but not its clear prohibition which says that such right to bear arms “shall not be infringed.”
That’s quite unambiguous; and furthermore, once something is expressly prohibited by law, any debate about a precise reason is superfluous.
If “Progressive” women & men put as much effort into practicing procreative responsibility as they do having conniption fits over the prospect of not being able to obliterate a new life, the world would be a much better place.
Couldn’t agree more.
Not getting pregnant musts be “White privilege “ or some such.
Planned Parenthood earmarks $150 million to buy votes just hours before someone (Sotameyer=> Jain => Josh Gerstein, Politics) illegally released the Supreme’s Roe vs Wade preliminary report.
This is on the opening day of 2000 mules. This will give the fake news things to yap about instead of 2000 mules.
Once you see the strings, it is impossible to not see them.
If this was already posted, I apologize, but John Roberts released a statement saying he has asked The Marshall of the Supreme Court (Col. Gail A. Curley) to investigate. Does anybody know anything about Col. Gail A. Curley?
https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/05/court-names-military-attorney-as-second-ever-female-marshal/
About her appointment.
http://www.warfare.today/2017/03/10/us-army-europe-strengthens-relationship-with-ukrainian-parliamentarians/
She was on a junket to Ukie-puke in 2017. So she knows about our, ahem, involvement with all manner of illegality in that NAZI hell-hole?
Suss as heck.
I think this is an intentional deflection to get people looking in one direction while this shady Administration does something much more sinister while we’re distracted
“Look! Squirrel!”
They leaked this to distract from Biden laughing about High Inflation and High Rents, etc.
Even the lefties were on Twitter throwing a fit about that one.
Then the Democrats hatched a plan to change the news cycle, cue up their MSM Conspiracy partners and there you have it.
Here is the difference between a normal Christian young man and his honor for the sanctity of life which only the Creator can make and these Demonrats crying for the blood of innocent children.
We lost a little Ameracauna chick last night. She was probably doomed. Her beak was severely malformed and it was hard for her to eat. She was a fighter, though, and made it a week. My son held that tiny little dead chick in his hands and had to bite his underlip to keep from crying. We had worked so hard to save her. We put her in a little box and committed her to the ground. I read Psalm 104 over my critters:
27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
And there is one 17 y.o. boy who understands. Life is precious and fragile and a gift from the Creator to be cherished and protected.
All hope is not lost for our Gen Z kids.
No worries’ folks, the FBI is investigating. Sadly, I remember a time when those words would give Americans a sense of comfort.
Interesting that all the judges recorded a decision… except Roberts? Why is he “undetermined”?
He hasn’t been paid the right amount for his vote yet.
this is it in a nutshell . . . thank you!
The Gov’t. has a right to TAX you to pay for 199 TRILLION doses of the death vaccines … thus speaketh the Chief Justice. And by extension … force you to be injected with them. Right?
Just like the Russian and Ukraine fake collusion, any chance this is to falsely accuse a SC judge who can be impeached before June and midterm.
I don’t believe it is about Roe, I think it is a power move with disinformation and we will not be able to do anything outside a full revolt.
Since a full revolt is not likely, it will screw with the 2022 elections and prevent a power shift, they may succeed with this ploy.
Prepare for the full blown war on us with vax, food, banking….etc. Plan B will likely be legal and over the counter in the future so it will not matter.
I am guessing the gravy train that PParenthood was has moved to War, NGO’s, Healthcare, Climate and Education, thus PP is small potatoes.
They will claim that the conservative judges lied during thier confirmation
hearing and overturning Roe V Wade and want to impeach them.
But really at the time of thier hearings it was in fact settled law…But now there
is a case before them so they have to rule…
My thoughts.
with everything burning down around us. Our leaders have nice distraction for us to fight over till the mid term. Abortion has been a classic wedge issue used often for decades.
it’s already working like a charm. These people are masters at manipulating the populace, everything we see has an ulterior motive behind it…
Despite women being >50% of the population … I don’t believe the General Public sees women as oppressed … as they have with BIPOC’s. I don’t believe the Dem’s will get the traction out of this issue. It’s not gonna get HER into the White House … despite her women’s suffragette embroidered gown.
My body. my choice.
My choice, make everybody take the vax.
Signed, The Left
Taking a life, unless it is to save a life, is wrong.
Killing an innocent baby for convenience is evil.
I was 50% responsible for an abortion in my late teens and I regretted it deeply.
God forgives, and healing takes time.
Overturn Roe v. Wade. From a constitutional standpoint, the decision belongs with the states.
May the states have the courage and wisdom to limit abortion strictly to saving the life of the mother.
Prediction….
As this conversation rages on every other issue and failings of significance by this administration and both parties will be slowly drowned out by the noise of us fighting over a 5o year old law. By doing this they kill two birds with one stone, distract and continue to divide and conquer….
The US Government has had it’s hands in too many agencies/laws that should be governed by the states. This is exactly what the Democrats want though. There are so many agencies within the federal government that should be closed up.
The timing of this coincides with 2000 Mules and Kamala speaking to a pro-abortion group – Emily’s List. Also, I believe this was intentionally done due to how bad the Dems are polling. This knee jerk reaction may sway a few to get out to vote Dem but the Dems have not done anything in years for “We the People”.
It’s so predictable and obviously planned. How long did it take the protestors to get staged in front of the SCOTUS? They even had a memo to Schumer and Pelosi so they could immediately get up and make speeches. I can’t think of anything that is off the table.
Does this mean that the politico reporters will have their homes and offices raided by the FBI, or does freedom of the press only not apply for conservative journalists.
Who knows? It’s the FBI.
It may mean SCOTUS justices who allegedly are voting to overturn Roe V Wade will have THEIR homes raided. In the name of protecting them, doncha know.
It sounds ridiculous, but I put nothing past these people.
I hope they identify and punish the leaker. My money is on a young leftist who, like many other leftists, has broken the law to advance “a higher cause”. The irony of a Supreme Court employee being involved should not escape us…these people need to be introduced to the rule of law.
They won’t find anyone unless it’s a white supremacist or a proud boy.
If they DO find a leftist behind this … how could it be anything other? … they will claim insanity. It’s a built-in defense for all radical leftists.
The press will hail the leaker as a hero like all the other false hero’s:
-Vindeman
-Romney
-Sally Yates
-Strzok
-Emmit Sullivan
Adam Schitt
if its anybody it will be a republican clerk paid off by mitch or house minority leader.
Election Wizard 🇺🇸
@ElectionWiz
If Roe is overturned, it means we had 50 years of subservience to a cooked-up legal fiction, which greenlighted the mass murder of more than 60,000,000 Americans.
9:43 AM · May 3, 2022
Evil Commie bastards love mass executions of humans. 60,000,000 to them is a drop in the bucket. The overwhelming number of that 60 million were black babies. So, the dem commies would rather kill 50 million blacks and replace them with 200 million illegals. Who is really the racists? And we are supposed to believe the lies that black lives matter. What a effffing joke.
Are you sure the abortions were Black? I see an awful lot of virtue-signaling Karens with murder on their black souls.
Settled Law
Settled Science
There’s no such things
These days there is political science and political law
Justice Roberts confirmed the draft, but also said it does not represent a final decision by court nor any justice.
That doesn’t sound good. Sounds like he wants to make sure the court stays away from Reversing Roe v Wade.
He can’t “make” the other justices do anything. Each justice is 100% autonomous in forming their final decision.
He sure seems to have provided direction on the election debacle.
Let’s get specific:
“As primary duties, the chief justice presides over oral arguments before the Supreme Court and sets the agenda for the court’s meetings. Of course, the chief justice presides over the Supreme Court, which includes eight other members called associate justices. The chief justice’s vote carries the same weight as those of the associate justices, though the role does require duties that the associate justices don’t perform.
[snip]
Besides presiding over the Supreme Court, the chief justice has significant influence in the selection of cases to be considered, and leads the discussion of cases among the justices during oral arguments. When voting with the majority in a case decided by the Supreme Court, the chief justice may choose to write the Court’s opinion or to assign the task to one of the associate justices. When deciding a case, however, the chief justice’s vote on cases counts no more than that of any other justice.” [bold emphasis mine]
ref. https://www.thoughtco.com/chief-justice-of-united-states-duties-3322405
He can only wish them well and tell them he hopes nothing bad happens to their grandchildren (wink).