Alito says leak of draft abortion ruling put justices at risk of assassination | US supreme court | The Guardian
Speaking in Washington at a rightwing thinktank, the Heritage Foundation, Alito called the leak a month before the final ruling was released a grave betrayal of trust by somebody that put several justices in danger.
The leak also made those of us who were thought to be in the majority in support of overruling Roe and Casey targets for assassination because it gave people a rational reason to think they could prevent that from happening by killing one of us.
Alito s draft opinion, arguing for overturning the two definitive precedents that for decades established a woman s constitutional right to terminate her pregnancy Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood v Casey was leaked to Politico, which published it on 2 May. The final ruling, with only minor amendments, was released on 24 June.
A leak inquiry was ordered by the chief justice, John Roberts, but the outcome is still pending.
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