{"id":1461847,"date":"2022-05-03T10:44:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T14:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1461847"},"modified":"2022-05-03T10:44:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T14:44:40","slug":"liberal-clerk-the-likely-scotus-leaker-top-harvard-prof-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-clerk-the-likely-scotus-leaker-top-harvard-prof-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Clerk The Likely SCOTUS Leaker, Top Harvard Prof Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliberal-clerk-the-likely-scotus-leaker-top-harvard-prof-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1461847&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/scotus-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Oh, you haven\u2019t heard?<\/p>\n<p>Turns out a draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> was leaked to Politico on Monday. In the 98-page majority opinion, Justice Samuel Alito says, \u201cRoe was egregiously wrong from the start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hold that <em>Roe<\/em> and <em>Casey<\/em> must be overruled,\u201d Alito writes, a move that would invalidate the landmark 1973 decision that declared abortion constitutional.<\/p>\n<p>There are several theories about <em>why<\/em> the opinion was leaked.\u00a0\u201cI think it\u2019s plainly an attempt by the Left to try and change the outcome in this case and corrupt the process, and the court must not allow that to happen,\u201d Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/courts\/hawley-supreme-court-leak-an-attempt-by-left-to-change-decision\">said<\/a> on Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>But the big question of the day is: <em>Who<\/em> leaked the opinion?<\/p>\n<p>Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz on Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6305539087112#sp=show-clips\">proffered<\/a> a theory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a theory, and it\u2019s only a theory,\u201d Dershowitz said on Fox News. \u201cI think this was leaked by a liberal law clerk who was trying to change the outcome of the case, either by putting pressure on some of the justices to change their mind, or by getting Congress to pack the court even before June, which is very unlikely, or to get Congress to pass a national right-to-abortion law, which would apply to all the states, and that would have to come to the Supreme Court to see whether that could be upheld under the Commerce Clause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think this is real, and \u2026 my theory is that it was leaked by somebody who wants to change the outcome,\u201d the attorney said. \u201cLook, I\u2019ve been watching Supreme Court for 55 years. And this has all the hallmarks of reality and it does not have the hallmark of a decision that\u2019s likely to be changed. Maybe Chief Justice Roberts will go with the minority, but I think they seem to have five votes at this point to overrule <em>Roe vs. Wade<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dershowitz added:\u00a0\u201cI strongly oppose overruling Roe vs. Wade after 50 years, but I think it will be overruled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawley said this has never happened before. \u201cThis is an unprecedented breach of the court\u2019s confidentiality, and it is plainly meant to corrupt the process within a court. It\u2019s an assault on the court,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But the original <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> opinion leaked out in dribs and drabs. \u201cIn 1973, both Roe v. Wade\u2019s decision and some of its deliberations were leaked to Time magazine and The Washington Post, both of which published articles before the ruling was made public,\u201d The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/the-original-roe-v-wade-decision-was-also-leaked-in-1973-and-angered-the-chief-justice-so-much-he-threatened-staff-with-lie-detector-tests\/ar-AAWRNlW?cvid=5a0e691b567041139b0a18df3bdd519c\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen-Chief Justice Warren Burger was \u2018livid\u2019 about the leak, and wrote to all justices demanding that the leaker be found,\u201d the Post said. \u201cHe said that if nobody came forward he would demand lie detector tests for the court\u2019s clerks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/utm.io\/ueuP8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member now and join our mission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, you haven\u2019t heard?Turns out a draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked to Politico on Monday. 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