Justice Clarence Thomas made it clear what the leak of the draft document was all about: bullying the Supreme Court into changing their minds.
That’s why it was leaked, that’s why Democrats and media love that it was leaked, and that’s what has been happening SINCE the leak, to include the doxxing of Supreme Court Justices’ home addresses in order to explicitly solicit and purchase harassment of the court.
OBVIOUSLY, it was leaked by a liberal.
Thomas says we cannot allow it. Speaking at a conference on Friday, he said that American society is “becoming addicted to wanting particular outcomes, not living with the outcomes we don’t like.” Especially from the courts. That evidence is everywhere, but especially on the left obviously.
“We can’t be an institution that can be bullied into giving you just the outcomes you want. The events from earlier this week are a symptom of that,” said Thomas.
Here’s more from Newsmax:
Police have surrounded the court with tall black fencing following the protests, which have been peaceful.
The draft opinion, authored by conservative Justice Samuel Alito and published on Monday by the Politico news outlet, would uphold a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
The court confirmed the authenticity of the document but called it preliminary. The court is due to issue its ruling in the case by the end of June.
Alito on Friday canceled his appearance at another court conference, instead sending a video message in which he told attendees it would have been “impractical” to attend, according to people who attended the conference.
Thomas, a native of Georgia, spoke at the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, a gathering of lawyers and judges from the Atlanta-based federal appeals court and the federal district courts of Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
On Thursday, Roberts told conference attendees that the leak was “absolutely appalling” but vowed that it would not affect the court’s work.
The conservative Justices are right, and they would say the same exact thing if the decision were the other way and had been leaked.
The silence of the liberal Justices, though, is deafening.
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