Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Who leaked the SCOTUS draft abortion opinion?

Reuters (Archived): U.S. Supreme Court launches probe into leak of draft abortion opinion.

U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday said the Supreme Court will investigate the leak of a draft decision indicating that a majority of the nine justices are set to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, a breach of the court's trust that he called a "betrayal."
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The leak can be considered a major break from the longstanding tradition of confidentiality and trust surrounding deliberations among the justices.

Amid speculation about the source of the leak, [Chief Justice John] Roberts sought to defend the institution's structure.

Who leaked this? The clerks and/or staffers for Kagan and/or Sotomayor?

Speculation abounds.

This "leak" is an abomination, an unprecedented attack, on what is supposed to be the most non-politicized branch of our government.

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