Alito says Supreme Court leak made justices 'targets for assassination'
by Jack Birle, Breaking News Reporter |
October 25, 2022 09:35 Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said the leaked draft opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case that went public in May made the justices "targets for assassination."
The conservative member of the high court shared his assessment at an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday.
"It was a grave betrayal of trust by somebody. And it was a shock because nothing like that had happened in the past. So it certainly changed the atmosphere at the court for the remainder of last term," Alito said.
"The leak also made those of us who were thought to be in the majority and supportive of overruling Roe and Casey targets for assassination because it gave people a rational reason to think they could prevent that from happening by killing one of us, and we know that a man has been charged with attempting to kill Justice [Brett] Kavanaugh. It's a pending case. So I won't say anything more about that," he added.
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