U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts has directed the marshal of the Supreme Court to launch an investigation to determine the source of the leak of its draft opinion on its pending Roe v. Wade case to Politico.
In a statement on May 3, the nation’s top court confirmed the majority draft opinion was authentic but said it did “not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case.”
The statement also said the circulation of draft opinions internally was a “routine and essential” part of its “confidential deliberative work.”
Roberts described the leak as a betrayal of the confidences of the Court that intended to undermine the integrity of its operations.
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