Just a few weeks ago, a draft from SCOTUS potentially overthrowing Roe v Wade was leaked to the public.
It was an unprecedented breach that has never been seen before in the history of SCOTUS.
There has been a lot of speculation over who the leaker was and what their motivation could be. Of course, the left says it was a right-wing nut who leaked it but that doesn’t make any sense really.
It seems more plausible for the leaker to be a liberal, who leaked the draft in order to drum up the base for the upcoming midterm elections.
What better way to get the base all riled up than for them to believe that the “evil Republicans” are stopping their choice to kill their babies.
According to CNN, and I trust them just about as far as I could throw them, the hunt for the leaker is heating up.
I don’t know if there really is a “hunt,” but I do know they want us to think there is.
Supreme Court officials are escalating their search for the source of the leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, taking steps to require law clerks to provide cell phone records and sign affidavits. Some clerks are apparently so alarmed over the moves, particularly the sudden requests for private cell data, that they have begun exploring whether to hire outside counsel.
The court’s moves are unprecedented and the most striking development to date in the investigation into who might have provided Politico with the draft opinion it published on May 2.
Lawyers outside the court who have become aware of the new inquiries related to cell phone details warn of potential intrusiveness on clerks’ personal activities, irrespective of any disclosure to the news media, and say they may feel the need to obtain independent counsel.
“That’s what similarly situated individuals would do in virtually any other government investigation,” said one appellate lawyer with knowledge of the new demands on law clerks. “It would be hypocritical for the Supreme Court to prevent its own employees from taking advantage of that fundamental legal protection.”
The escalating scrutiny of law clerks reflects Roberts’ concerns about the breach in confidentiality and possibly further leaks. It also suggests the court has been so far unsuccessful in determining Politico’s source.
If I was a SCOTUS clerk and leaked some documents to Politico, the last thing I’d do is use my own phone.
If this was a rogue “clerk” (which I doubt it was), I’d have the common sense to buy an untraceable burner phone and communicate that way.
You’d have to be one huge dumba** to do this, using your own cellphone.