Posted on 04/29/2023 3:07:40 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said that he has a “pretty good” idea who was behind the leak of the court’s decision on overturning Roe v. Wade — and that the leak made the justices targets for possible assassination.
Alito, who authored the landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion, made the comments in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
“I personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible, but that’s different from the level of proof that is needed to name somebody,” Alito said: “It was a part of an effort to prevent the Dobbs draft … from becoming the decision of the court. And that’s how it was used for those six weeks by people on the outside — as part of the campaign to try to intimidate the court.”
Alito said that the Supreme Court “did a good job with the resources that were available,” but said that the evidence was not strong enough for an official designation of guilt.
The conservative justice added that the leak not only brought an environment of “suspicion and distrust,” but also danger.
“Those of us who were thought to be in the majority, thought to have approved my draft opinion, were really targets of assassination,” Alito said. “It was rational for people to believe that they might be able to stop the decision in Dobbs by killing one of us.”
He also called it infuriating that some people believed a conservative justice may have leaked the decision. “Look, this made us targets of assassination. Would I do that to myself? Would the five of us have done that to ourselves? It’s quite implausible.”
The court was ultimately undeterred by the pressure and voted to overturn Roe.
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Big ol' hint he's dropping right there. Basically telling you it was one of 4 lefty justices. Not just a staffer.
It sure seems that way. I suspect it was the not so wise Latina. And I think she may not even have intended to do it or thought about the possible danger to the justices…she’s just dumb enough to have blabbed it.
To all those people who think we are not in a civil war...think again.
So many things can be a weapon including information. CwII is going on all around us.
Of course it was one of if not all of the liberal justices that leaked the opinion which is why no one has been named as the leaker
So he’s saying that Roberts is a possible suspect.
Roberts...
Alito appears to disagree with you on intention to do harm:
Alito said. “It was rational for people to believe that they might be able to stop the decision in Dobbs by killing one of us.”
Interesting since people were protesting at the CONSERVATIVE justices home.
geez...what’s wrong with you people....not Roberts
I doubt it. This weekend I went to an art festival in SC and I saw a truly ugly, large “sculptural” work consisting of the heads of the five justices lined up on a s six-foot long board while underneath hung a net holding women’s dismembered bodies.
Aside from being incredibly ugly, as is all lefty political “art,” it was filled with an amazing level of hatred and clearly meant to express the image of the five justices being beheaded.
Yet only a hint, and he admits he has no proof. Therefore, it could still be Justice Roberts who was primarily involved in the leak.
Thankful they persevered!
It’s not just CWII, it is WWIII.
“...Would the five of us have done that to ourselves?...”
He is admitting that Roberts is not a conservative, else he would have said “the six of us”.
You didnt read carefully enough. They have proof, just not the level required to name somebody. Which probably means they know in practical terms who it is, they just don’t have irrefutable evidence that can’t be denied. Circumstantial.
Was the “JUST US” who doesn’t know what a woman is on the bench at that time?
TRUST is BROKEN!
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