Chief Justice John Roberts: Supreme Court to Investigate Leak of Abortion Opinion
"To the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the Court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed" - Chief Justice John Roberts
Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday that a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on an abortion rights case was an "egregious breach" of trust and would be investigated.
"We at the Court are blessed to have a workforce – permanent employees and law clerks alike – intensely loyal to the institution and dedicated to the rule of law," Roberts said in a statement. "Court employees have an exemplary and important tradition of respecting the confidentiality of the judicial process and upholding the trust of the Court. 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 directed the Marshal of the Court to investigate the source of the leak of Abortion opinion draft, which Politico p...