TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 1, 2022

A new House Republican bill would make leaking confidential Supreme Court information a crime punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, is a response to the May 2 leak of a draft opinion that would strike down the landmark abortion ruling Roe v. Wade, Bloomberg Law reports. “The unauthorized leak of the draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health constitutes a grave breach of judicial ethics and a deliberate attack on the independence of the Supreme Court,” Johnson said in a statement about the bill. An investigation into the leak is continuing. Yesterday, the Supreme Court Marshal’s Office reportedly requested that clerks turn over their private phone records.