TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 26, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said the leak of his draft opinion eliminating the constitutional right to abortion made members of the majority “targets for assassination.” Speaking in Washington, D.C., yesterday, Alito gave no indication the court has determined who leaked the opinion but called it a “grave betrayal of trust by somebody.” Alito said the leak gave people a “rational reason to think they could prevent” the decision from being issued “by killing one of us.” He also directly linked the leak to a planned attempt to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Alito also addressed proposals to expand the size of the court, the impact of the Citizens United case and the state of free speech on college campuses. Read more from Bloomberg Law.