The US Supreme Court briefly posted its decision in a highly anticipated abortion case, then removed it from the Supreme Court’s website but not from the internet. The case is Idaho vs. United States, in which Idaho is asking the Supreme Court to remove a Ninth Circuit injunction that has stopped enforcement of Idaho’s Defense of Life Act, which prohibits abortions, unless necessary to save the life of the mother, on the ground that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act preempts it. Bloomberg first reported the rogue posting.
While the decision posted is undoubtedly legitimate, there is a small possibility that it may change before the case decision is announced.
“The Court’s Publications Unit inadvertently and briefly uploaded a document to the Court’s website,” spokeswoman Patricia McCabe said in a statement. “The Court’s opinion in Moyle v. United States…
