Supreme Court's draft opinion sends electric shock through midterm campaigns
CNN
The October surprise may have arrived in early May.
The seismic revelation that the conservative majority on the Supreme Court appears ready to overturn nearly a half century-long constitutional right to an abortion sent a shock through a yet-to-be defined midterm election campaign.
Such a decision -- if a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito published by Politico on Monday holds through a final vote on the court -- would initiate stunning legal and societal changes in the United States. It could give Democrats, who could be headed for heavy losses in November, an issue with which to galvanize activist voters and potentially counter some Republicans targeting high inflation and cultural issues in the suburbs.
Hours after President Joe Biden touted its success during his commencement speech at West Point last Saturday, White House staffers learned that the temporary pier the military had just constructed into Gaza was falling apart. Four Army vessels had been beached, two in Gaza and two along the coast of Israel.