by Shawn Fleetwood at The Federalist
More than 100 days have passed since the infamous leak of the U.S. Supreme Court’s majority draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and Americans are still no closer to finding out the identity of the leaker than the day the draft decision was published.
Not long after its publication in Politico on May 2, Chief Justice John Roberts released a public statement confirming the authenticity of the draft opinion, while also announcing the launch of an internal investigation to identify the leaker.
“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. “I have directed the Marshal of the Court to launch an investigation into the source of the leak.”
Threats against the Court
Unfortunately for the Republican-appointed majority on the court, the damage had already been done. Almost immediately following the release of the draft opinion, leftist anarchists orchestrated a threat and intimidation campaign to scare Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, Samuel Alito, and Brett Kavanaugh into switching their votes on the Dobbs case and upholding the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that invented a constitutional “right” to abortions.
Left-wing activist groups such as Shut Down D.C. and Ruth Sent Us organized demonstrations outside the homes of Alito and Barrett, with the latter group even going as far as to target Barrett’s church and children.
“If you’re in the DC metro area, join us. Our protests at…
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