Current Events > Alito says leaking the Roe v. Wade overturn made him a target for assassination

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He now says that the [Dobbs] leak created an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust. We worked through it, and last year we got our work done. This year, I think, were trying to get back to normal operations as much as we can. . . . But it was damaging. Chief Justice John Roberts directed the marshal of the Supreme Court to investigate the leak. In January she issued her findings: Investigators have been unable to determine at this time, using a preponderance of the evidence standard, the identity of the person(s) who disclosed the draft majority opinion.
Justice Alito says the marshal did a good job with the resources that were available to her and agrees that the evidence was insufficient for a public accusation. I personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible, but thats different from the level of proof that is needed to name somebody, he says. Hes certain about the motive: It was a part of an effort to prevent the Dobbs draft . . . from becoming the decision of the court. And thats how it was used for those six weeks by people on the outside as part of the campaign to try to intimidate the court.
That campaign included unlawful assemblies outside justices homes, and that wasnt the worst of it. Those of us who were thought to be in the majority, thought to have approved my draft opinion, were really targets of assassination, Justice Alito says. It was rational for people to believe that they might be able to stop the decision in Dobbs by killing one of us.[Antifar's note: actually you would've had to kill two of them] On June 8, an armed man was arrested outside the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh; the suspect was later charged with attempted assassination and has pleaded not guilty.
A few pundits on the left speculated that the leaker might have been a conservative attempting to lock in the five-justice majority and overturn the constitutional right to abortion. Thats infuriating to me, Justice Alito says of the theory. Look, this made us targets of assassination. Would I do that to myself? Would the five of us have done that to ourselves? Its quite implausible.

Look, this made us targets of assassination. Would I do that to myself? Would the five of us have done that to ourselves? Its quite implausible.

Thats infuriating to me, Justice Alito says of the theory. Look, this made us targets of assassination. Would I do that to myself? Would the five of us have done that to ourselves? Its quite implausible.

When you take rights away from people and makes their lives worse off, it tends to happen.

"As a judge, I've investigated myself and have found no wrong doing. Because I have zero oversight, this cannot be challenged. Also, I voted to have zero oversight. Thank you for your question."

When you take rights away from people and makes their lives worse off, it tends to happen.

Is it really, tho? Is it really implausible?