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Desperately Seeking Dobbs Leaker
Justice Samuel Alito claims to know who leaked the Dobbs draft. He can’t be alone. Sooner or later, someone is bound to come forward or be found out.
Like every other point of political intrigue these days, the tale of the Supreme Court Dobbs draft leak is a story within a story within a story. Like every other news story these days, the news coverage itself has become part of the story.
“Justice Samuel Alito was supposed to speak to law students at George Mason University in Arlington, Va., but when they showed up, he wasn’t there,” began James Taranto and David B. Rivkin Jr. for the Wall Street Journal on April 28, 2023. “‘That Alito was speaking via closed circuit from a room at the Supreme Court seven miles away, rather than in person, was a sign these are not normal times,’ the Washington Post reported. The Post didn’t explain what made the ‘times’ abnormal.”
During his interview for the Wall Street Journal, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was less reticent on the subject.
“Our police conferred with the George Mason Police and the Arlington Police and they said, ‘It’s not a good idea. He shouldn’t come here…The security problems will be severe,’ so I ended up giving the speech by Zoom,” Justice Samuel Alito told the Wall Street Journal about the May 12, 2022, speech.