SCOTUS Leak Investigation Escalates to Unprecedented Level
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Supreme Court Leak Investigation Escalates to Unprecedented Level: Clerks Forced to Come Clean
By Jack Davis
May 31, 2022 at 7:09am
As the Supreme Court nears the time when its decision on a major abortion case could be delivered, an internal investigation into the leak of a draft opinion in the case is heating up.
On May 2, Politico published the draft of an opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case concerning a Mississippi abortion law.
The draft opinion calls for a new standard for abortion laws in the United States, which would effectively overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and leave it to states to set their own abortion standards.
The document was confirmed as authentic, but Politico cautioned that as a draft, it could be revised before the court ends its term in June.
Publication of the draft sparked massive pro-abortion protests and threats against the members of the Supreme Court’s conservative wing who might support the ruling.
Inside the Supreme Court, an investigation into the leak has now reached the point where law clerks are being asked to provide cellphone records and sign affidavits, CNN reported Tuesday, citing three sources it did not name.
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By Jack Davis
May 31, 2022 at 7:09am
As the Supreme Court nears the time when its decision on a major abortion case could be delivered, an internal investigation into the leak of a draft opinion in the case is heating up.
On May 2, Politico published the draft of an opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case concerning a Mississippi abortion law.
The draft opinion calls for a new standard for abortion laws in the United States, which would effectively overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and leave it to states to set their own abortion standards.
The document was confirmed as authentic, but Politico cautioned that as a draft, it could be revised before the court ends its term in June.
Publication of the draft sparked massive pro-abortion protests and threats against the members of the Supreme Court’s conservative wing who might support the ruling.
Inside the Supreme Court, an investigation into the leak has now reached the point where law clerks are being asked to provide cellphone records and sign affidavits, CNN reported Tuesday, citing three sources it did not name.
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