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A Supreme Court draft opinion was leaked weeks before the court overturned the federal right to abortion. The source of that leak has not been identified.

Eight months, 126 formal interviews and a 23-page report later, the Supreme Court has failed to discover who leaked a draft of the court’s opinion overturning abortion rights.

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.

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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

The Supreme Court says an eight-month investigation has failed to find who leaked a draft of the court’s opinion overturning abortion rights.

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.

The Supreme Court is off to a historically slow start in failing to resolve any cases in which it has heard arguments since early October.

Collegiality is scarce, and tensions are apparent.

The Supreme Court allowed New York to continue to impose restrictions on residents' abitlity to carry concealed firearms, while litigation over the new law plays out.

Months after the unprecedented leak of the U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, lawmakers in North Dakota have struck down a bill to criminalize court leaks.

Chief Justice John Roberts is praising programs that protect judges, saying that "we must support judges by ensuring their safety.".

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.

Chief Justice John Roberts is praising programs that protect judges, saying that “we must support judges by ensuring their safety.”.

As we approach 2023, too many have not gotten the Supreme Court's clear message that religious liberty must be respected.

Nearly 40 percent of students say the overturning of Roe will affect their decision to attend a university in some states, according to a BestColleges survey.

In the oral arguments, anyway, it looked like the Four Seasons Total Landscaping of legal cases.

The Supreme Court justice's bizarre hypothetical about a Black mall Santa got a blistering response on "Weekend Update."

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.

The Supreme Court seems skeptical of making a broad ruling that would leave state legislatures virtually unchecked when making rules for elections for Congress and the presidency.

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.

Legislation that ensures same-sex and interracial marriages are recognized as legal unions appears headed for final approval and President Joe Biden’s signature.

The Supreme Court is about to confront a new elections case that could dramatically alter voting in 2024 and beyond.

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.

The Supreme Court says 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.

Confidence in the institution has collapsed as it acquires the same partisan taint as the other branches of government.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Hank Johnson ordered the chief justice to name someone who can testify on the court’s ethics scandals.

Democrats are demanding that Chief Justice John Roberts tell them if he's investigating whether Justice Samuel Alito leaked the result of a 2014 case.

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.

The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman is among those urging action in response to a report that a former anti-abortion leader knew in advance the outcome of a 2014 Supreme Court case involving health care coverage of contraception.

A former anti-abortion leader claims he was told the outcome of a 2014 case weeks before it was announced publicly, according to a report from The New York Times.

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.

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 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.

Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh were honored at the conservative Federalist Society's gala on Thursday night.

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.

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 Supreme Court will hear a water dispute involving the U.S. government and the Navajo Nation.

The Supreme Court looks more like America than it ever has.

A lawyer for a man on Arizona’s death row has told the U.S. Supreme Court that jurors in the case were wrongly told that the only way to ensure the man would never walk free was to sentence him to death.

Harvard lawyer Seth Waxman Monday clashed with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito about Harvard's use of race in admissions decisions.

Harvard lawyer Seth Waxman Monday clashed with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito about Harvard's use of race in admissions decisions.

A Supreme Court that is the most diverse in history will hear two cases Monday challenging the use of affirmative action in higher education.

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.

Supreme Court justices tend to wipe the slate clean at the start of a new term and their summer break can help bruised feelings from tough cases.

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.”

Alito highlighted the arrest of a California man outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house as evidence of the risks they faced.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority decision in the case that overturned Roe v. Wade, which had established a right to abortion.

Andy Warhol and Prince held center stage in a copyright case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that veered from Cheerios and “Mona Lisa” analogies to Justice Clarence Thomas’ enthusiasm for the “Purple Rain” showman.

The Supreme Court’s nine members have posed for their first formal group photo following the addition of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

The Supreme Court begins a new term on Monday at a time of diminished public confidence and justices sparring openly over the institution’s legitimacy.

Supreme Court justices have taken to publicly bickering over whether recent conservative majority decisions have undermined the credibility and reputation of the institution.

Alito made the comments during a Tuesday university speech during which he made no mention of Roe v. Wade's reversal.

The Supreme Court says it will continue providing live audio broadcasts of arguments in cases.

A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media companies like Facebook and Twitter.

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.

Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Neil Gorsuch have suggested there could soon be an update into the Dobbs v. Jackson leak investigation. The inquiry has lasted months.

Chief Justice John Roberts is defending the authority of the Supreme Court to interpret the Constitution, saying its role should not be called into question just because people disagree with its decisions.

Both Republican and Democratic presidents have their reasons for choosing nominees from such a small pool.

The Dobbs decision is clearing the political ground for a resolution in favor of abortion rights.

The Kansas referendum’s result highlights the disconnection between public opinion and restrictive state abortion laws.

The justice has played a key role on the court, often leading the charge not just on abortion, but for expanded religious rights, against LGBTQ rights, against expanded voting rights, and more

In Kansas, where the right to abortion is enshrined in the state constitution, an upcoming ballot measure could pave the way for a total ban.

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.

Justice Samuel Alito responded to critics of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Prince Harry.

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.

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.

Alito's legalistic defense of religion in the United States shares common roots with Greene's call for "Christian nationalism."

Baldwin, the first openly gay person elected to the Senate, is leading the charge to secure the 10 Republican votes needed for a filibuster-proof majority to pass a bill codifying marriage equality.

The chief justice, a conservative, tried to persuade Justice Brett Kavanaugh and to a lesser extent, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, according to CNN.

About 2 in 3 Americans say they favor term limits or a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court justices.

Barbara Kruger’s iconic feminist image “Untitled (Your body is a battleground)” remains as relevant today as in 1989.

The judiciary is supposed to be informed by historical memory, and guided by more than its members’ whims.

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.

Less than 24 hours after the unprecedented leak of the draft opinion that overturned Roe v_ Wade, Chief Justice John Roberts ordered an investigation into what he called an “egregious breach.”.

The Senate has unexpectedly launched a new push to protect same-sex marriage in federal law.

The Supreme Court’s right-wing justices claim to be originalists, but then they pick and choose the history that fits their ideological preferences.

His opinion in the case of a public-high-school football coach who led prayers on the fifty-yard line privileges religious speech.

The House has overwhelmingly approved a bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriages.

State legislatures will be in the spotlight as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling giving the power to regulate abortion to the states.

Abortion, guns and religion _ a major change in the law in any one of these areas would have made for a fateful Supreme Court term.

The Supreme Court's decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion is causing anxiety for people in same-sex marriages, particularly those with children.

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade at a time when it has an unprecedented Catholic supermajority.

The Supreme Court has declined to take up a case involving a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in New York that doesn't offer an exemption for religious reasons.

The Supreme Court has allowed a former state trooper to sue Texas over his claim that he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq.

The Supreme Court ruling to overturn its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision is unpopular with a majority of Americans — but did that matter.

The nine justices of the Supreme Court made clear in their landmark ruling Friday whether they stand on abortion.

Sweeping Supreme Court rulings on guns and abortion this past week have sent an unmistakable message.

They are the most fiercely polarizing issues in American life: abortion and guns.

The Supreme Court’s decision to end the nation’s constitutional protections for abortion has catapulted businesses of all types into the most divisive corner of politics.

The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade to end constitutional protections for abortion hews closely to the leaked draft opinion that was published in May.

The landmark Roe v. Wade abortion case was overturned when the U.S. Supreme Court released a historic ruling.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision allowing states to ban abortion is stirring alarm among LGBTQ advocates.

Police fired tear gas from the windows of the Arizona Capitol building to disperse hundreds of people demonstrating outside Friday night, as lawmakers briefly huddled in a basement.

The Supreme Court has stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion.

The Supreme Court has released a historic ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that found constitutional protection within the 12th Amendment to a woman’s right to an abortion.

The Supreme Court issued its biggest gun rights ruling in more than a decade.

The Supreme Court has ruled law enforcement officers can’t be sued for money damages when they violate the rights of criminal suspects by failing to provide the familiar Miranda warning before questioning them.

The Supreme Court is limiting the reach of a federal statute that requires stiff penalties for crimes involving a gun.

The Supreme Court seems poised to take on a new elections case being pressed by Republicans.

The Supreme Court says it was wrong to wade into a dispute involving a Trump-era immigration rule that the Biden administration has abandoned, so the justices have decided to dismiss the case.