On January 20, 2023 in Washington, anti-abortion demonstrators took part in the annual March for Life for the first time since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade abortion ruling.
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Supreme Court justices have been questioned several times as part of an investigation into a case in which a draft opinion on the ruling that overturned the court’s landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling was leaked last year. received. revealed on Friday.
The statement comes a day after the Supreme Court refused to disclose whether the judge was among the nearly 100 court officials and clerks questioned in the investigation. The court said its investigation failed to identify the person who leaked a draft opinion written by Judge Samuel Alito to Politico in May.
Neither the judge nor his spouse were identified as potential suspects, according to Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley, who oversaw the leak investigation.
However, unlike other judges interviewed, none were asked to provide affidavits denying leaking Alito’s opinion, Curley said in a statement.
The June decision reversed the Supreme Court’s 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision. The ruling proved that there is a constitutional right to abortion.
“During the course of the investigation, I spoke with multiple judges on multiple occasions,” Curley said in a statement.
“The judges actively cooperated in this iterative process, asking questions and answering my questions,” Curley said. “I have tracked down all credible leads and none of them have involved a judge or his spouse. Based on this, we should ask the judge to sign an affidavit I didn’t think so.”
The court has nine judges. Eight of his current judges were on duty at the time the abortion ruling was handed down. Judge Stephen Breyer resigned after the verdict was delivered. CNBC asked a court spokesman if Breyer was among those interviewed by Curley.
Curley’s report, which was released Thursday and failed to identify the leaker, did not mention that she questioned the judge.
The report states that Curley’s team “conducted 126 formal interviews with 97 employees, all of whom declined to disclose their opinion.”
Each of these employees was asked to sign an affidavit denying disclosure of the draft opinion.
