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Leaking a Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion or other hot topics is unprecedented – 4 things to know about how the high court works

  • Written by Eve Ringsmuth, Associate professor of poltiical science, Oklahoma State University
imageSigns belonging to anti-abortion protesters sit in front of a fenced U.S. Supreme Court building on May 16, 2022.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to announce a decision that could possibly overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that guaranteed the constitutional right to abortion.

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