attributed to a “person close to the court’s conservatives,” who was quoted as saying that “this is the most serious assault on the court, perhaps from within, that the Supreme Court’s ever experienced.” The same story reported that the original 5-4 majority to overrule Roe and Dobbs had not changed, and that Alito’s draft opinion “remains the court’s only circulated draft in the pending Mississippi abortion case.
That conclusion is about much more than just palace intrigue. It underscores one point about the court and one point about many of its more visible conservative defenders. To the former, much of this campaign now appears to be calculated to pressure a single justice — Justice Brett Kavanaugh — in to holding the line and signing on to an opinion that overrules Roe and Casey.
It is now clear that many — if not most — of the leaks related to Dobbs are coming from the right side of the court, not the left. Again, Wednesday’s Politico story is revealing. After breaking the news that apparently nothing material had changed since the circulation of Alito’s draft opinion in February, the story quoted “an attorney close to several conservative justices” for the proposition that “There is a price to be paid for what [Roberts] did” in voting to uphold Obamacare, and that “everybody remembers it.
steve_vladeck Both your political and justice system are totally stupid also your constitution, is fuckedup
steve_vladeck Most likely leaked by a liberal Justice or staffer or maybe an incoming Justice in attempt to bring hate toward Republicans to affect the midterms.
steve_vladeck I think they're trialballoons
steve_vladeck It wasn't a LEAK, it was a PLANT. You know, like the January 5th pipe bombs were plants. We are to experienced at reading the clues. We also are waiting for FBI to pick the bomber up. Somebody ALWAYS SEES, Somebody always tells.
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