A clerk for a conservative justice is the “leading theory” amid intense speculation about who released a draft opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito showing the court is set to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg of NPR.
Totenberg said on ABC’s “This Week” that the prevailing theory is that a conservative clerk released the decision in an attempt to lock in the five justices who voted to support overturning Roe as Chief Justice John Roberts reportedly attempts to pull his colleagues toward a more moderate position.
“That has never, ever occurred before,” Totenberg said of the leak. “That could only, in all likelihood, have come from a justice — that I think is less likely — or perhaps one of the clerks.”
“The only one that makes sense is it came from somebody who was afraid that this majority might not hold,” she added.
Politico leaked Alito’s draft opinion on Monday, spurring protests across the nation as liberals raised fears of abortion rights being overturned for the first time since 1973.
Ever the contrarian to popular opinion and with zero evidence whatsoever I speculate the leaker is a conservative. Possibly after the reported vote Roberts made arguments that persuaded another justice to preserve Roe, speculated leaker gets upset at appointed ‘RINOs’ and attempts to throw them under the bus and solidify their original vote.
Not hearing much about Cisneros but i avoid basically all local media. I do get a ton of texts from her campaign and Betos, but theres not the same on the ground energy as the last senate race.
It's interesting how media is ignoring the fact that Fetterman, running on the left-flank of the party, is utterly destroying the establishment pick Conor Lamb in the swing state of Pennsylvania. It's almost like right-wing former-marine prosecutors don't excite the dem base!
Democrats are terrified of any sign of grassroots protests by the right (“Oh no! School board protests! Eliminate all school masking in defiance of polls!”) and then, when their own side produces grassroots protest, are scared of THAT, too. The common thread is just being afraid. https://t.co/TWW2JoPajA
Very few Dems will be willing to lead or organize rallies in fears of how they will be painted by media/GOP after railing against Jan 6/lockdown/GOP protests for the past year. Instead we will get a great deal more of useless virtue signalling. The embroidery needles are working overtime for the next met gala.
The fashions in terms of clothes suck! I’m an old woman but I like looking at so-called ‘fashionistas.’ It’s ridiculous how bad they look regardless of gender.
Anti abortion extremists met with pro choice clinic defenders. This guy is an America First Groyper and member of FDNY! “the court decided you lose. You have no choice. Not your body not your choice. Your body is mine and you’re having my baby!” #RoeVWadeprotest HIT THE STREETS pic.twitter.com/jH8wkJiwMz
Nothing good, not that the current people in charge are better. Ultimately I suspect that most changed he tries to make will be blocked by overseas regulators, or drive people away to the new cool alternative bound to pop up.
The equivelent of buying myspace in 2008.
Musk likes to say he is in ‘the middle’, but he only ever trolls dems or progressives. Hes gone after bermie, and crt and the sec, socialism, etc etc etc but ive yet to see a similar ‘attack’ on the right, despite them being very against many things he claims to stand for. Instead he craves the attention they give him. Hes a far more savvy, and actually rich trump. Thinks he has thr answer to everything, consequences be damned.
Musk was born into an affluent white South African family. He left SA for Canada after HS. Naturally, he had no problems getting in. Reportedly, he’s a high-performing autistic. He lucked out hitting it big with PayPal. He wanted to end up here cos he knew he wouldn’t be scrutinized tax-wise. He’s a flake and not a good one. A different version of Bezos. This nation wouldn’t have these yahoos if we still had progressive taxation.
“Weird Mike” Cernovich is a far-right conspiracy theorist whose tweets incited a gunman to fire rounds into a pizzeria Mike baselessly claimed was harboring a satanic pedophile ring. This is who Musk is listening to about “left-wing” bias on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/yuPTKiEWI5
when discussing the propriety of protesting outside of supreme court justices' homes, it's important to remember that in the 90s the court held that protesting outside of the homes of **abortion clinic employees** is protected by the first amendment
If you critique Garland on Twitter, you will be harassed by a troll bot farm reciting identical talking points. Their latest talking point is that Merrick Garland heroically investigated the Oklahoma City bombing.
Incredible how the punditocracy, from Nate Silver on up, claims that Biden, who declined to do ANY of that, is unpopular because he has moved too far LEFT. https://t.co/h2W75CWPRe
Threatening government officials (of any rank) is bad. But there's no evidence that's happening. Peacefully protesting public officials is totally legit.
wpDiscuz
Happy Monday friends! News, etc. Below.
I said this last week but now that NPR says it I question myself
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3481235-npr-reporter-says-leading-theory-on-scotus-leak-is-conservative-clerk/
It was a RWinger. Now, let’s see if Schumer is calling a voice vote on codifying Roe before the SCOTUS makes it official.
My original comment:
T and R, LD!! 🙂 Hope this finds you and JD doing well. What are you hearing about Jessica Cisneros?
Figured everyone could use a musical lift. 🙂
Not hearing much about Cisneros but i avoid basically all local media. I do get a ton of texts from her campaign and Betos, but theres not the same on the ground energy as the last senate race.
https://twitter.com/MenshevikM/status/1523657020787752960?s=20&t=zggHTrRWEVsOc3KnEql-KgOk
Very few Dems will be willing to lead or organize rallies in fears of how they will be painted by media/GOP after railing against Jan 6/lockdown/GOP protests for the past year. Instead we will get a great deal more of useless virtue signalling. The embroidery needles are working overtime for the next met gala.
The fashions in terms of clothes suck! I’m an old woman but I like looking at so-called ‘fashionistas.’ It’s ridiculous how bad they look regardless of gender.
Its a parody account but I’ve long advocated for this type of outreach to gamers…
https://twitter.com/Sparrow_Admirer/status/1523457131105579009?t=zbRLWbqW0h9_RjaLRnKJLw&s=19
It will be interesting to see what happens to Twitter once Musk takes full control.
Nothing good, not that the current people in charge are better. Ultimately I suspect that most changed he tries to make will be blocked by overseas regulators, or drive people away to the new cool alternative bound to pop up.
The equivelent of buying myspace in 2008.
Musk likes to say he is in ‘the middle’, but he only ever trolls dems or progressives. Hes gone after bermie, and crt and the sec, socialism, etc etc etc but ive yet to see a similar ‘attack’ on the right, despite them being very against many things he claims to stand for. Instead he craves the attention they give him. Hes a far more savvy, and actually rich trump. Thinks he has thr answer to everything, consequences be damned.
Musk was born into an affluent white South African family. He left SA for Canada after HS. Naturally, he had no problems getting in. Reportedly, he’s a high-performing autistic. He lucked out hitting it big with PayPal. He wanted to end up here cos he knew he wouldn’t be scrutinized tax-wise. He’s a flake and not a good one. A different version of Bezos. This nation wouldn’t have these yahoos if we still had progressive taxation.
He’ll reinstate Cult-45?
If he moves to far left he’d be a moderate, then if he moved further left we can talk 🙂
https://twitter.com/BrooklynSpoke/status/1523811718723375104?s=20&t=8rTduWR6Ekq2k9CDT9vWmQ
The R double standard Protest against thee but NOT against ME
And it keeps changing for the worse.
Yes, well, if the DNC were not so busy thwarting the will of the people we’d be on a slightly different trajectory right now, wouldn’t we?
Of course, the MIC owns many congresscritters that fund them with unlimited dollars