“The left continues its assault on the
Supreme Court with an unprecedented breach of confidentiality, clearly meant to intimidate,” tweeted Sen. Josh Hawley, Missouri Republican. “The Justices mustn’t give in to this attempt to corrupt the process. Stay strong.”
Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, said on Twitter, “The next time you hear the far left preaching about how they are fighting to preserve our Republic’s institutions & norms remember how they leaked a
Supreme Court opinion in an attempt to intimidate the justices on abortion.”
Indeed, some liberals were applauding the leak.
Brian Fallon, executive director of the liberal activist group Demand Justice and former campaign aide to Hillary Clinton, said of the report: “Is a brave [law] clerk taking this unprecedented step of leaking a draft opinion to warn the country what’s coming in a last-ditch Hail Mary attempt to see if the public response might cause the
Court to reconsider?”
But Mr. Blackman said the violation of court secrecy should become both a criminal matter and possibly even affect the
court’s membership.
“Heads must roll. Clerks cannot fall on their swords to save their bosses. Anyone implicated … should be referred to the Department of Justice for potential criminal activity, including theft of government property. And now there may actually be a need for impeachment proceedings. If Roberts cannot resolve this situation, he must resign,” the law professor said.
The leaking of a Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion prompted outrage Monday night including accusations by Republican senators of a liberal-left effort to intimidate the justices into changing their ruling.
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