{"id":1922037,"date":"2023-05-01T10:12:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T14:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-justice-alito-says-he-has-pretty-good-idea-who-leaker-is\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T10:16:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T14:16:33","slug":"supreme-court-justice-alito-says-he-has-pretty-good-idea-who-leaker-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-justice-alito-says-he-has-pretty-good-idea-who-leaker-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Justice Alito Says He Has \u2018Pretty Good Idea\u2019 Who Leaker Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fsupreme-court-justice-alito-says-he-has-pretty-good-idea-who-leaker-is%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=1922037&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--><h2>Supreme Court Justice Believes Leak of Draft Opinion Was Meant to &#8220;Intimidate&#8221; Court<\/h2>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\">recent interview<\/a> with the Wall Street Journal, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"><strong>Alito<\/strong><\/span> revealed his belief that the leak of a draft opinion last May, which ultimately ended the nationwide right to abortion, was an attempt to intimidate the court into changing its decision.<\/p>\n<h3>Efforts to Prevent Dobbs Decision<\/h3>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"><strong>Alito<\/strong><\/span> stated that the leak was &#8220;part of an effort to prevent the Dobbs draft&#8230;from becoming the decision of the court,&#8221; referring to the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization. He went on to explain that the leaked draft was used by outside parties for six weeks as part of a campaign to intimidate the court.<\/p>\n<h3>Investigation Fails to Identify Responsible Party<\/h3>\n<p>The comments by Justice <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"><strong>Alito<\/strong><\/span>, who wrote the Dobbs decision, come after the court&#8217;s investigation failed to identify the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-bill-would-make-drunk-sex-illegal\/\" title=\"Illinois Bill Would Make Drunk Sex Illegal\">party responsible<\/a> for disclosing the draft. While <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"><strong>Alito<\/strong><\/span> believes he knows who leaked the decision to Politico, he did not provide evidence to support his claim.<\/p>\n<h3>Americans&#8217; Views on the Supreme Court<\/h3>\n<p>A recent Reuters\/Ipsos poll found that a narrow majority of Americans &#8211; 56% &#8211; view the U.S. Supreme Court unfavorably. Partisanship colors this view, with 72% of Democratic respondents viewing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-democrats-now-want-to-abolish-the-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Most Democrats Now Want to Abolish the Supreme Court\">court unfavorably<\/a> and 65% of Republicans seeing it favorably.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Key Takeaway:<\/strong> Justice <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\"><strong>Alito<\/strong><\/span> believes the leak of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-justice-alito-says-he-has-pretty-good-idea-who-leaker-is\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Justice Alito Says He Has \u2018Pretty Good Idea\u2019 Who Leaker Is\">draft opinion ending<\/a> the nationwide right to abortion was an attempt to intimidate the court into changing its decision.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Investigation:<\/strong> The court&#8217;s investigation failed to identify the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sheriff-asking-jilted-lovers-to-turn-in-exes-who-have-outstanding-warrants-this-valentines-day\/\" title=\"Sheriff Asking Jilted Lovers To Turn In Exes Who Have Outstanding Warrants This Valentine\u2019s Day\">responsible party<\/a> for disclosing the draft.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Americans&#8217; Views:<\/strong> A narrow majority of Americans view the U.S. Supreme Court unfavorably, with partisanship playing a significant role in this view.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>law of the land,&#8221; Alito said. &#8220;It was an attempt to intimidate the court into changing its decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hold onto your hats, folks! Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has just revealed that the leak of a draft opinion last May, which would have ended the nationwide right to abortion, was all part of a sneaky plan to &#8220;intimidate&#8221; the court into changing its decision. According to the conservative justice, this was an attempt to prevent the Dobbs draft from becoming the law of the land. 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