The shock leaked draft judgment overturning Roe v Wade suggests a stunning complete and likely permanent victory for Christian conservatives of the Republican party in the USian culture war.

Not only is the Roe v Wade right to abortion removed, various other rights which were granted by the court on a similar grounds of discovering/inventing a right in the Constatooshun are in jeopardy. These include gay marriage, contraception etc. The justice expressed a statement that the decision only applies to abortions but logically the strongly expressed reasoning given for the decision on abortion apply similarly to these other issues.

The fact that the US system has relied so heavily on the courts to enact these social changes reflects failure in its legislative system. In liberal theory, as expressed in the Constattooshun, the separation of powers means that changes in the law should be done by the legislature and not the courts. It appears many USians are unaware that this is how liberal theory is intended to work.

It appears that most of the things that Democrat supporters had fought for will soon be lost, apart from Obummercare, which is their main legislative achievement apart from tax cuts for the rich and endless wars. Democrat supporters will have great difficulty regaining the lost rights in the legislative system, given their past record. There will be even larger divergences in personal rights across different regions of the US.

The documents appear to been leaked by an employee of the courts in a desperate attempt to change the ruling. This is unprecedented and will severely destabilize the court system. A widely shared tweet by @MattWolking makes baseless speculations about the identify of the leaker and IMO libelous claims.

The chance of balkanization is significantly increased as the liberal institutions collapse and different parts of the US diverge socially.