Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer recently lamented the “unfortunate” leak of the decision overturning Roe v. Wade, an incident that two years ago today threatened the very core of the institution he once represented.
“You try to avoid getting angry or that — you try in the job — you try to remain as calm, reasonable, and serious as possible. I think it was unfortunate,” he said of the leak of the draft decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case.
Justice Clarence Thomas called the leak a type of “infidelity” that “changes the institution fundamentally.” Chief Justice John Roberts directed the court’s marshal to launch an investigation into the leak, which months later ultimately turned up inconclusive.
An anti-scaling fence surrounds the Supreme Court, Thursday, May
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