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‘Betrayal’: Chief Justice Roberts blasts disclosure of draft abortion opinion

He also announced a probe by the Marshal of the Court.

Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday confirmed the authenticity of the Supreme Court draft opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade and announced an investigation into the document’s disclosure, which he described as “a singular and egregious breach” of the court’s trust.

“To the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the Court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed,” Roberts said in a statement. “The work of the Court will not be affected in any way.”

Roberts’ statement came after POLITICO published an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito that would undo Roe’s guaranteed federal protections of abortion rights — as well as a subsequent 1992 decision, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, that largely maintained those rights.

Roberts said on Tuesday that the Supreme Court is “blessed to have a workforce — permanent employees and law clerks alike — intensely loyal to the institution and dedicated to the rule of law.” Those employees “have an exemplary and important tradition of respecting the confidentiality of the judicial process and upholding the trust of the Court.”

The disclosure of the draft opinion “was a singular and egregious breach of that trust that is an affront to the Court and the community of public servants who work here,” Roberts said, adding that he had “directed the Marshal of the Court to launch an investigation into the source of the leak.” (read more)

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