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It could also have been leaked by a sitting Justice in which case the source would have risked nothing at all.

• magpi3 4y ago
  Justices can be impeached. I'm not saying they would be, but it's possible. Why risk it? The opinion is going to come out anyway.
  • boringg 4y ago
    Not in the current political climate - can't get garner the votes to impeach.
  • elliekelly 4y ago
    > Why risk it? Because the opinion can still change. The votes can still change.
• dragonwriter 4y ago
  Given the absolute destruction this will wreak on internal institutional trust at the Court, there is only one sitting Justice that would really risk nothing at all by leaking it.
  • loeg 4y ago
    Barrett?
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    • remarkEon 4y ago
      I’m assuming dragonwriter means Breyer, who is retiring after this term. Having followed the court for over a decade I’d been genuinely shocked if it was him.
• jimmygrapes 4y ago