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Chief Justice Roberts responds to leaked Supreme Court draft opinion

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Chief Justice Roberts responds to leaked Supreme Court draft opinion


The Supreme Court and Chief Justice John Roberts put out rare, written statements Tuesday to address the leak of a draft opinion showing the panel's conservative majority of justices is poised to overturn nearly 50 years of established abortion rights.

The statement on behalf of the court said, "Although the document described in yesterday’s reports is authentic, it does not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case."

In a separate statement but released together, Roberts called the leak a "singular and egregious breach" of trust -- but defended the court's workforce and integrity, saying this will not undermine its operation.

"To the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the Court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed. The work of the Court will not be affected in any way," Roberts said.

"We at the Court are blessed to have a workforce – permanent employees and law clerks alike – intensely loyal to the institution and dedicated to the rule of law. Court employees have an exemplary and important tradition of respecting the confidentiality of the judicial process and upholding the trust of the Court," he said. "This was a singular and egregious breach of that trust that is an affront to the Court and the community of public servants who work here."

Roberts said he's directed the Marshal of the Court -- its chief operations and security officer -- to launch an investigation into the leak.

 
Chief Justice Roberts responds to leaked Supreme Court draft opinion

The Supreme Court and Chief Justice John Roberts put out rare, written statements Tuesday to address the leak of a draft opinion showing the panel's conservative majority of justices is poised to overturn nearly 50 years of established abortion rights.

The statement on behalf of the court said, "Although the document described in yesterday’s reports is authentic, it does not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case."

In a separate statement but released together, Roberts called the leak a "singular and egregious breach" of trust -- but defended the court's workforce and integrity, saying this will not undermine its operation.

"To the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the Court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed. The work of the Court will not be affected in any way," Roberts said.

"We at the Court are blessed to have a workforce – permanent employees and law clerks alike – intensely loyal to the institution and dedicated to the rule of law. Court employees have an exemplary and important tradition of respecting the confidentiality of the judicial process and upholding the trust of the Court," he said. "This was a singular and egregious breach of that trust that is an affront to the Court and the community of public servants who work here."

Roberts said he's directed the Marshal of the Court -- its chief operations and security officer -- to launch an investigation into the leak.


Inb4 the flood of people who are more outraged at the leak than the contents of the leak.
 
Inb4 the flood of people who are more outraged at the leak than the contents of the leak.
as they should be. the justices write drafts of different opinions all the time without that being the final decision. whoever leaked this info should be buried under the jail.
 
as they should be. the justices write drafts of different opinions all the time without that being the final decision. whoever leaked this info should be buried under the jail.
What was the law that was broken?
 
Inb4 the flood of people who are more outraged at the leak than the contents of the leak.

Eight minutes later:

as they should be. the justices write drafts of different opinions all the time without that being the final decision. whoever leaked this info should be buried under the jail.
 
I don't agree with the direction that court seems to be leaning however I hope they catch the person or person who leaked this. This is a crime.

What specific statute was violated?
 
Democrats gleeful, as their political stunt now takes shape for November
This opinion would have been published in late June/early July. Probably would have been more strategic to wait--this will now be old news by summer. "Gleeful" is hardly how I would characterize the Dem response thus far.
 
What was the law that was broken?
removing an official government document thus defrauding the US government. the one they lump all this kind of shite under.
 
removing an official government document thus defrauding the US government. the one they lump all this kind of shite under.
And the specific law(s) is ... ?
 
Pretty much authenticates the contents of the draft……
Yea, but you can't ignore this . . .

"Although the document described in yesterday’s reports is authentic, it does not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case."

. . .,
can you?
 
"To the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the Court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed."

The Court feels betrayed? The Court is the one apparently about to throw out several decades of jurisprudence out the window, a move that will get women killed. And worse this has nothing to do with some kind of realization that Roe was wrong all along. The only reason the Court is about to do this is because the GOP lied and cheated in confirmation processes so as to stack the court with far right judges groomed by the federalist society for this exact purpose.

If issued, this decision is a naked exercise of power, bought and paid for. As is sadly too often the case, the objective-sounding legal language is just a wall of bullshit that's supposed to occlude what's really going on.



And then I see that quote. The betayer's leader, complaining that he feels betrayed.
 
At best it "authenticates" that it represents Alito's position on the issue.


“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” he writes in the document, labeled as the “Opinion of the Court.”

What can those last four words be all about?

 
as they should be. the justices write drafts of different opinions all the time without that being the final decision. whoever leaked this info should be buried under the jail.

Yes, but that's not how the world works now.
 
Pretty much authenticates the contents of the draft……

That tends to happen when the person doing the authenticating says "Although the document described in yesterday’s reports is authentic"....
 
removing an official government document thus defrauding the US government. the one they lump all this kind of shite under.
Conservative jurisprudence in 2022: define civil rights as narrowly as possible but when it comes to prosecuting political opponents just "lump it all together" to get where you want.
 
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