'The Court has no comment': It's not publicly known whether the May leak of Alito's draft opinion on

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Roe v. Wade is still under investigation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than 24 hours after the unprecedented leak of the draft opinion that ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade, Chief Justice John Roberts ordered an investigation into the “egregious breach.”

Since then? Silence.

The Supreme Court won’t say whether it’s still investigating. The court also won’t say whether the leaker has been identified or whether anyone has been disciplined. Or whether an outside law firm or the FBI has been called in. Or whether the court will ever offer an accounting of what transpired. Or whether it has taken steps to try to prevent a repeat.

To these and other emailed questions, Supreme Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe said, also by email: “The Court has no comment.”

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-court-has-no-comment-its-not-publicly-known-whether-the-leak-of-alitos-draft-opinion-on-roe-v-wade-is-still-under-investigation-01658971516

[Hekate]

1. Ginni Thomas

[FSogol]

11. I concur, Ginni Thomas. n/t

[Nevilledog]

2. My vote's on Alito

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Mine too

Which is why they're no commenting. They're not going to throw one of their own under the bus.

[rsdsharp]

10. Oh, they would have been happy to throw a liberal, any liberal,

under the bus. The “Move along, nothing to see here,” response means it was a conservative. I’ve said since the investigation was announced that we’d never hear who did it if it was a conservative who leaked.

[gratuitous]

4. Seconded

I've seen a couple of analyses on other web sites making the case for Alito as the leaker. The theory being that by leaking the draft opinion, he pinned down Justice Boof, who may have been wavering on whether to make women second class citizens all at once or to continue the chipping away of their humanity that conservatives have been practicing for years.

Chief Justice Roberts, who was initially so grrrr mad! about the leak seems to have cooled considerably in his ardor to find out whodunit.

[Slammer]

20. no lawbreaking at stake

There's no federal law which would prohibit someone who legally has access to the draft opinion from leaking it.

An investigation and finding out "who did it" is about finding out whether someone illegally obtained a copy of the draft. If that's not what happened, that satisfies an investigation.

There's also no internal mechanism, zero, for a Chief Justice to punish a justice who leaks. Hell, the individual justices hire their own clerks so if a clerk took it upon himself to leak the draft, I doubt the Chief Justice could do anything other than request the justice fire him.

[Midnight Writer]

6. Yep. I think Alito is so proud of his manifesto that he wanted the unadulterated version public.

I understand he has been working on his "legal" justification for overturning Roe since his college days.

I bet he has revised this over and over and thinks it is brilliant. And he wants the world to see his brilliance in all its glory.

[duckworth969]

8. Agreed

[bucolic_frolic]

5. So the rules don't apply to the Court

[Boomerproud]

7. The Supreme Court has no accountability to anyone.

They don't care if their approval rating goes to 0. This not freedom or democracy.

[UTUSN]

15. Word.

[gab13by13]

9. Alito, for all intents and purposes,

is the Chief Justice.

[Chainfire]

12. It it was a clerk, they would have been hung, drawn and quartered months ago.

So that leaves a Justice or a wife...

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. Dilute the Subversive 6. 15 Justices would repair the rogue, outlaw court.

[elias7]

14. CNN just reported that the leaked draft undermined Roberts' efforts to flip votes

Benefitted the right, ergo leaked by the right. Some say Alito himself. Don’t know why Ginny would have a copy, but if she did, many here think she did it.

[lastlib]

18. Clarence was recently out of the hospital and had papers at home....

...making a tremendously opportune moment for Ginni to snatch it and put it out. Thus my suspicion of her.

[gibraltar72]

16. Day one I said someone in Thomas camp.

He came out way too strong with the outrage.

[aggiesal]

17. Added a poll with betting sheet at ...

https://democraticunderground.com/100216979406

[tymorial]

19. I have always believed it was a victory lap and not a protest.

If it was then Roberts probably feels he has to bury the story. The courts legitimacy is toast and he has been trying to prevent that for as long as he has been chief. Given the publics opinion of the court and that decision, admitting that someone like Ginni leaked the draft out of smug satisfaction would be a disaster. I am not saying I agree with the decision nor do I believe it's right. It does seem plausible though.

[groundloop]

21. Brett Kavanaugh had plenty of experience leaking for Ken Starr.

Kavanaugh was Ken Starrs "designated leaker" when Starr decided to smear the Clintons.


https://www.nationalmemo.com/brett-kavanaugh-exposed-ken-starr-designated-leaker