There’s a total of 45 people who might have had access to that document - 9 Judges and 4 highest-level clerks.
Remove 5 conservative justices and their clerks, and that leaves only 20 people who might have leaked it. Add in some basic forensics like the color-printer mentioned, and it won’t take more than a few hours to find who did it.
The assumption that the person who leaked this document is somehow “smart” must also be thrown away. “Smart” people do dumb and stupid things all of the time. If you have no morals you will do very dumb and immoral, unethical and illegal things - this is why I believe it was a left-wing clerk.
Discovery of the leaker might ruin his/her legal career, but a resulting political career might skyrocket. The left knows how to take care of its own.
This may be the first case where anonymous sources does not work for the press.
Any chance there wasn’t a leak and it’s just someone making BS up, saying there was, to fire up the left?
Like the “whistleblower” we will all find out who it was but it will never be “officially” confirmed.
Remember that Roberts protected the whistleblower when Rand Paul asked a question. And Roberts obviously is for abortion, or at least not for overturning Roe vs. Wade or Casey. So he, as head of the Judicial Branch, will protect the leaker.
A first draft? With typos and highlighting?
And do they typeset a laser printed document?
This leak has KJB all over it imho
She was approved to fill the non vacancy remember .
All the rules went out the window when that happened.
Imho, KJB got access and the blame will be used to force either expand the court or frame one of the other judges, probably Alito or Beyer who didn’t retire when THAT turd was floated.
Just you watch.
I don’t think it’s the third option because the the leaked fed Politico info that the majority has held “as of this week” though one is “uncommitted” they also fed CNN that Roberts would uphold the 15 Week ban but doesn’t want to go all the way and end Roe.
Random IT guy wouldn’t know those things.
The guilty party should get more years than derick Chauvin got because the leaker actually did something wrong
Supposedly there are 2 clerks,who had relationship with politico - sounds like they might have their scapegoats
I bet its a fake or at least an early draft that may not be the one selected for the final. I don’t think its reasoned very well. So, I suspect that some of the clerk’s who help write the opinions have produced this as an option. And it may not be the one finally selected.
My money is on Breyer himself.
A career ending move: his career is over, he is retiring.
Disbarment and no legal field employment: his pension is guaranteed for life.
He goes out in a liberal blaze of glory. He will be mentioned in all future legal history books. He will command enormous speaking fees on the lecture circuit.
I think the recently retired justice (or one of his peeps) may have leaked it. Being off the bench makes it a low-risk adventure.
Just my opinion.