stravinskian Member since Feb 24th 2003 12700 posts
Tue May-03-22 12:24 PM
55. "I do wonder who leaked this and why." In response to In response to 0
Did Sotomayor leak it to try to make clear the rage they were inviting, and hope it could convince someone (Gorsuch?) to switch sides?
Did Alito leak it to test the waters and see if anyone would be convinced by his bullshit logic?
Did Thomas leak it to preempt the July release, hoping the rage would die down a bit more by the time of the general election?
Did Roberts leak it to make it clear to the GOP activist wing that they really would be throwing away the court's legitimacy if they went through with it?
Did some clerk for one of these people leak it for one of the same reasons? (That seems most likely but the least dramatic. It's like Deep Throat turning out to be Mark Felt.)
Out of curiosity, I turned the TV on to Fox News this morning to see how they were talking about it. No surprise: they didn't have much to say about the fact that the government was now officially gonna force women use their bodies to to carry unwanted fetuses to term. But they had a lot to say about how "inappropriate" the leak was. Jonathan Turley (WTF happened to that dude, BTW?) was saying that it won't take them long to find out, and it'll supposedly be grounds for disbarment.
So was it Stephen Breyer? As a final fuck you to the creeps who are taking over the court (and the system that effectively forced him to retire early because Democratic senate majorities are now so rare)? He won't need a law licence in a few months...