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This is partisan nonsense for a few reasons, but mainly because... > He did it to keep Roberts's vote secure He had no idea how Roberts would eventually vote.
by dvt 4y ago
This is partisan nonsense for a few reasons, but mainly because...
> He did it to keep Roberts's vote secure
He had no idea how Roberts would eventually vote. Robert's been very much a wild-card, so this would be quite the reckless gamble. Further, generally speaking, SCOTUS doesn't really have much stake in politics, so I also very much doubt it was a Justice that leaked it. The public overestimates how much Justices actually care about the issues themselves; they mostly care about their Constitutionality (and philosophical implications therein).
I do think they actually know who leaked it, but naming and shaming would just lead to a lynch mob, political theater, and further erode trust in SCOTUS.
- jaybrendansmith 4y ago[flagged]
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoYou don't think Roe itself was at least as bad on all the grounds you name?
- pcaharrier 4y agoIn addition to Alito having no certainty about how Roberts would vote in the end, it turned out to be the case that Roberts didn't vote to overturn Roe at all (much like more than a few, well-informed Court observers guessed that he would). If Roberts was the "target" of the leak it was definitely a "reckless gamble."