Supreme Court has failed to find leaker of abortion opinion
WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court said Thursday an eight-month investigation that included more than 120 interviews and revealed shortcomings in how sensitive documents are secured has failed to find who leaked a draft of the court's opinion overturning abortion rights. Ninety-seven employees, including the justices' law clerks, swore under oath that they did not disclose a draft of Justice Samuel Alito's opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, the court said. Chief Justice John Roberts ordered an investigation the next day into what he termed an "egregious breach of trust." Some employees had to acknowledge in their written statements that they “admitted to telling their spouses about the draft opinion or vote count,” the report said. Conservatives pointed fingers at the liberal side of the court, speculating that the leaker was someone upset about the outcome.
wftv.comSupreme Court says its has not found abortion opinion leaker
WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court said Thursday it has not determined who leaked a draft of the court's opinion overturning abortion rights, but that the investigation continues. Eight months after Politico published its explosive leak detailing the draft of Justice Samuel Alito's opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, the court said its investigative team "has to date been unable to identify a person responsible by a preponderance of the evidence." Never before had an entire opinion made its way to the public before the court was ready to announce it. Chief Justice John Roberts ordered an investigation the next day into what he termed an "egregious breach of trust." This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
wftv.comSupreme Court probe fails to find who leaked abortion ruling
Abortion rights demonstrators protest outside the United States Supreme Court as the court rules in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2022. An investigation into who leaked a bombshell Supreme Court ruling overturning the federal constitutional right to abortion weeks before it was officially released failed to identify the culprit, the court said Thursday. Politico in May reported that a leaked draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito showed that the Supreme Court was poised to overturn its five-decade-old ruling in the case known as Roe v. Wade, which found there was a constitutional right to abortion. The following month, the Supreme Court did just that, with a majority opinion penned by Alito, a member of the conservative supermajority on the court.
cnbc.comChief justice: Judges' safety 'essential' to court system
Separately, in December, lawmakers passed legislation protecting the personal information of federal judges including their addresses. Davies' decision followed the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education ruling that segregated schools were unconstitutional and rejected Arkansas Gov. Before that happens, however, the judge's bench will be on display as part of an exhibit at the Supreme Court beginning in the fall and for the next several years, he said. Marshall, who argued Brown v. Board of Education, became the Supreme Court's first Black justice in 1967. The Supreme Court is still grappling with complicated issues involving race.
wftv.comEvangelical minister who sought to influence Supreme Court comes under withering criticism
Furthermore, Schenck said, he had conducted a covert effort for over a decade in which he sought to influence the conservative justices. The Supreme Court itself has dismissed criticism of Alito's relationship with the Wrights. The U.S. Supreme Court is at a point of crisis due to multiple factors. The GOP refused to even hold nomination hearings for Merrick Garland in 2016 after conservative Justice Antonin Scalia died. Supreme Court justices are not above the law or ethical rules.
wftv.comSamuel Alito 'Joked' About Black Kids Wearing KKK Robes During Oral Arguments
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that’s framed as being about free speech but is actually a Trojan horse for upending civil rights protections. So, naturally, the Supreme Court’s chief troll, Justice Samuel Alito, decided to joke around about the Ku Klux Klan.
news.yahoo.comLetter: 'Nothing to suggest' Alito violated ethics standards
WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday in a letter to Congress that there is "nothing to suggest" that Justice Samuel Alito violated ethics standards following a report that a 2014 decision he wrote was leaked in advance of its announcement. In a 5-4 decision, Alito wrote that some companies with religious objections can avoid the contraceptives requirement in President Barack Obama's health care legislation. Earlier this year, Alito's opinion in a different case, the court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade, was leaked. The Supreme Court's letter Tuesday to Congress included language Alito used previously denying the case's outcome had been disclosed. “There is nothing to suggest that Justice Alito's actions violated ethics standards,” Supreme Court legal counsel Ethan Torrey wrote in a letter addressed to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia.
wftv.comLawmakers urge action after report of other high court leak
The report Saturday in The New York Times followed the stunning leak earlier this year of a draft opinion in the case in which the high court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending constitutional protections for abortion. In a 5-4 decision, Alito wrote that some companies with religious objections can avoid the contraceptives requirement in President Barack Obama’s health care legislation. Schenck wrote that he thought the information might be relevant as part of a probe into the leak of the abortion decision. Schenck's Faith and Action group became Faith & Liberty after becoming part of the Liberty Counsel in 2018. Alito was appointed to the high court in 2006 by President George W. Bush.
wftv.comHigh court rules against Arizona GOP leader in records fight
The high court on Monday rejected GOP state chair Kelli Ward's request to halt the turnover of records while a lawsuit proceeds. The court lifted a temporary order that had been put in place by Justice Elena Kagan that had paused anything from happening while Ward's appeal was at the Supreme Court. Ruling against Ward at the appeals court level were judges appointed by presidents of different parties. Barry Silverman, an appointee of Democratic President Bill Clinton, and Eric Miller, a Trump appointee, both ruled against Ward. The appeals court ruling followed a September decision by a federal judge in Phoenix who also ruled against Ward.
wftv.comHigh court rules against Arizona GOP leader in records fight
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol to get phone records belonging to the leader of the Arizona Republican Party. The high court on Monday rejected GOP state chair Kelli Ward's request to halt the turnover of records while a lawsuit proceeds. The court lifted a temporary order that had been put in place by Justice Elena Kagan that had paused anything from happening while Ward's appeal was at the Supreme Court.
news.yahoo.comJustices cheered at conservative group's anniversary dinner
WASHINGTON — (AP) — Four of the five Supreme Court justices who overturned the constitutional right to abortion showed up at the conservative Federalist Society's black-tie dinner marking its 40th anniversary. The Federalist Society has no partisan affiliation and takes no position in election campaigns, but it is closely aligned with Republican priorities, including the drive to overturn Roe. “While there is no legal obstacle to them showing up at the Federalist Society dinner, the appearances are awful,” Eisen wrote in an email. The Federalist Society got its start at elite law schools when Ronald Reagan was in the White House. Some of its leaders backed then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's refusal to act on Obama's Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland after Scalia died in February 2016.
wftv.comSupreme Court justices spar over court legitimacy comments
WASHINGTON — (AP) — Supreme Court justices tend to wipe the slate clean at the start of a new term, the bruised feelings occasioned by tough cases eased by a summer break. But the dust-up began months earlier with liberal Justice Elena Kagan, who has made a series of comments about the court's legitimacy. Chief Justice John Roberts made his own public comments about the court's legitimacy in early September, defending the institution he has led for 17 years. But Kagan wasn't done, revisiting her legitimacy comments in appearances later the same month at Temple Emanu-El in New York and at Northwestern University. The contentious debate over the court's legitimacy will not wane any time soon.
wftv.comSupreme Court justices spar over court legitimacy comments
Supreme Court justices tend to wipe the slate clean at the start of a new term, the bruised feelings occasioned by tough cases eased by a summer break. The latest comments came Tuesday night from conservative Justice Samuel Alito, the author of the June decision that took away women’s constitutional protections for abortion. On Tuesday, Alito was answering a question at a forum at the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washington when he said that “someone also crosses an important line" when saying "that the court is acting in a way that is illegitimate.”
news.yahoo.comJustices side with LGBTQ group at Jewish university, for now
WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court has cleared the way for an LGBTQ group to gain official recognition from a Jewish university in New York, though that may not last. By a 5-4 vote Wednesday, the justices lifted a temporary hold on a court order that requires Yeshiva University to recognize the group, the YU Pride Alliance, even as a legal fight continues in New York courts. If it gets neither from state courts, the school can return to the Supreme Court, the majority wrote. The university, an Orthodox Jewish institution in New York, argued that granting recognition to the Pride Alliance, “would violate its sincere religious beliefs." A New York state court sided with the student group and ordered the university to recognize the club immediately.
wftv.comJustice Alito mocks foreign critics of abortion reversal
Supreme Court Alito Foreign Critics In the image from video provided by Notre Dame Law School, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Altio speaks at the Notre Dame Law School's Religious Liberty Summit in Rome, on July 21, 2022. Alito mocked foreign leaders' criticism of the Supreme Court decision he authored overturning a constitutional right to abortion, in his first public comments since last month's ruling. (Notre Dame Law School via AP) (Uncredited)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito mocked foreign leaders' criticism of the Supreme Court decision he authored overturning a constitutional right to abortion, in his first public comments since last month's ruling. That's especially true when talking about foreign leaders in an appearance outside the U.S., said Neil Siegel, professor of law and political science at Duke Law School. The speech comes amid a sharp increase in the portion of Americans who say their confidence in the Supreme Court is eroding.
wftv.comJustice Alito mocks foreign critics of abortion reversal
Supreme Court Alito Foreign Critics FILE - Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito addresses the audience during a lecture Sept. 30, 2021 in the McCartan Courtroom at the University of Notre Dame Law School in South Bend, Ind. Alito mocked foreign leaders' criticism of the Supreme Court decision he authored overturning a constitutional right to abortion, in his first public comments since last month's ruling. (Michael Caterina /South Bend Tribune via AP, File) (Michael Caterina)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito mocked foreign leaders' criticism of the Supreme Court decision he authored overturning a constitutional right to abortion, in his first public comments since last month's ruling. Speaking in Rome at a religious liberty summit, Alito, 72, spent only a couple of minutes on the subject of abortion, and then only to discuss his foreign critics — an unusual step for a high court justice. While justices routinely engage in pointed exchanges with their colleagues in dueling opinions, they rarely respond to outside critics.
wftv.comChief Justice John Roberts privately tried to sway other justices not to overturn Roe v. Wade, only to be thwarted by the unprecedented draft leak: report
The chief justice, a conservative, tried to persuade Justice Brett Kavanaugh and to a lesser extent, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, according to CNN.
news.yahoo.comSupreme Court leak probe: So many questions, so few answers
Supreme Court Leak Investigation FILE - Demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, May 3, 2022 in Washington, following news report by Politico that a draft opinion suggests the justices could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide. The Supreme Court won't say whether it's still investigating. There's little precedent in Supreme Court annals for the leak and investigation. Then again, Supreme Court clerks often go on to prominent legal jobs. ___For AP’s full coverage of the Supreme Court ruling on abortion, go to https://apnews.com/hub/abortionCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.
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