“Part Of An Effort To Prevent The Dobbs Draft” – Justice Alito Says He Knows Who Leaked Dobbs Draft
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito revealed in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that he knows who leaked the Dobbs draft.
He said there isn’t enough evidence for a public accusation but that “I personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible.”
Justice Alito just told the Wall Street Journal that "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." …https://t.co/wnvayDeQtK
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) April 28, 2023
…Alito stated that "It was a part of an effort to prevent the Dobbs draft…from becoming the decision of the court." However, he said that proving guilt was more challenging…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) April 28, 2023
The Wall Street Journal reported:
Justice Alito says the marshal “did a good job with the resources that were available to her” and agrees that the evidence was insufficient for a public accusation. “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,” he says. He’s certain about the motive: “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.”
That campaign included unlawful assemblies outside justices’ homes, and that wasn’t the worst of it. “Those of us who were thought to be in the majority, thought to have approved my draft opinion, were really targets of assassination,” Justice Alito says. “It was rational for people to believe that they might be able to stop the decision in Dobbs by killing one of us.” On June 8, an armed man was arrested outside the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh; the suspect was later charged with attempted assassination and has pleaded not guilty.
Alito also said that the leak created a division within the court.
Alito added that the leak created division within the court, which has since been worked through.
The leak “created an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust. We worked through it, and last year we got our work done. This year, I think, we’re trying to get back to normal operations as much as we can. . . . But it was damaging,” Alito told the Wall Street Journal.
Speaking to attempts to intimidate who, at the time, were thought to be in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade when the draft opinion was released, Alito said that the leak placed targets on their backs.
“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.”
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