Posted on May 9, 2022
Supreme Court expert: ‘Leading theory’ says conservative clerk leaked abortion draft
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Prominent Republicans and right-wing media figures have spent the last week accusing clerks for the three Democratic-appointed Supreme Court justices for the unprecedented leak of a draft opinion overruling two landmark reproductive rights cases. But a legendary chronicler of the high court has suggested they’re barking up the wrong tree.
National Public Radio legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, who has covered the court since the 1970s, said the most likely culprit is a clerk for one of the more conservative justices, motivated by a desire to keep one of the four justices who voted to join Justice Samuel Alito’s February draft opinion — Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett — from defecting.
"The leading theory is a conservative clerk who was afraid that one of the conservatives might be persuaded by Chief Justice Roberts to join a much more moderate opinion," Ms Totenberg said during an appearance on the ABC News programme This Week.
National Public Radio legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, who has covered the court since the 1970s, said the most likely culprit is a clerk for one of the more conservative justices, motivated by a desire to keep one of the four justices who voted to join Justice Samuel Alito’s February draft opinion — Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett — from defecting.
"The leading theory is a conservative clerk who was afraid that one of the conservatives might be persuaded by Chief Justice Roberts to join a much more moderate opinion," Ms Totenberg said during an appearance on the ABC News programme This Week.
Supreme Court expert: ‘Leading theory’ says conservative clerk leaked abortion draft
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In the full disclaimer category, Nina and RBG were BFFs. NPR leans left, and Nina leans even harder. She has a definite bias here, as she does in all her SCOTUS reporting.
That being said, despite her bias and slant, her reporting is pretty factually accurate, if somewhat spun, and her analysis is usually fairly reliable, especially when stating what she believes the outcome will be. And she is not afraid to say she isn't sure which way the court will go, so when she comes down on one side, it is not arbitrary.
That being said, despite her bias and slant, her reporting is pretty factually accurate, if somewhat spun, and her analysis is usually fairly reliable, especially when stating what she believes the outcome will be. And she is not afraid to say she isn't sure which way the court will go, so when she comes down on one side, it is not arbitrary.
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