The Supreme Court's anti-democratic actions extend far beyond Roe
By E.J. Dionne Jr.
If the Supreme Court adopts the substance of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s draft ruling ending the constitutional right to abortion, the conservative majority’s radicalism will deepen the crisis of American democracy and further divide an already torn country.
There is an irony to this since, in principle, the Alito opinion is all about democracy. “It is time,” he writes, “to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
The backlash against Alito’s approach is certainly a case of democracy in action. One of the unintended consequences of a ruling along the lines he proposes would be the mobilization of pro-choice voters outraged by a sudden shift in the legal status of abortion.
As long as abortion rights were seen as safely under the protection of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the issue of abortion mostly energized opponents, who voted again and again for Republicans promising to support anti-Roe Supreme Court nominees.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/08/supreme-court-conservative-majority-extremism-not-limited-to-roe/