Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says he thinks he knows who leaked a draft opinion in a major abortion case.
“I personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible,” Alito told the Wall Street Journal.
The leaked opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was authored by Alito, a George W. Bush appointee. Politico obtained the draft opinion and published it on May 2, 2022. The final opinion was largely similar. Issued in June 2022, it struck down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that found access to abortion was a constitutional right.
Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley investigated the breach and concluded in a January report that there was insufficient evidence to determine the identity of the person or persons who disclosed the draft….