Key takeaways:
- Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has revealed that he has a “pretty good idea” of who was responsible for the leak of his unpublished draft opinion last year.
- The leak of Alito’s draft opinion was unprecedented and caused a stir among legal experts.
- The leak of Alito’s draft opinion has not been officially investigated, and it is unclear if it ever will be.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has revealed that he has a “pretty good idea” of who was responsible for the leak of his unpublished draft opinion last year. The opinion indicated that the Supreme Court was poised to roll back abortion rights.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Friday, Alito said that while he has a good idea of who was responsible for the leak, he does not have the proof needed to name them.
The leak of Alito’s draft opinion was unprecedented and caused a stir among legal experts. In the opinion, Alito wrote for the majority that “Roe and Casey must be overruled”, referring to the landmark Supreme Court cases Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
Alito’s opinion also stated that “the Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, including the one on which the defenders of abortion rights rely.”
The leak of Alito’s draft opinion has not been officially investigated, and it is unclear if it ever will be. Alito has not revealed any further details about who he suspects is responsible for the leak.
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