{"id":17222,"date":"2024-03-25T12:47:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T12:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/former-justice-breyer-throws-cold-water-on-theory-dobbs-leak-came-from-a-justice-id-be-amazed\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T12:47:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T12:47:49","slug":"former-justice-breyer-throws-cold-water-on-theory-dobbs-leak-came-from-a-justice-id-be-amazed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/25\/former-justice-breyer-throws-cold-water-on-theory-dobbs-leak-came-from-a-justice-id-be-amazed\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Justice Breyer throws cold water on theory Dobbs leak came from a justice: \u2018I\u2019d be amazed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said he\u2019d be \u2018amazed\u2019 if a fellow justice leaked the court\u2019s draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022, which effectively ended the recognition of a constitutional right to abortion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Do you have a sense of what the motive of the leaker was?\u2019 NBC\u2019s Kristen Welker asked Breyer in an interview aired Sunday on \u2018Meet the Press.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Breyer shied away from answering directly, saying he does have theories, but that he was not willing to discuss them at length. Breyer, who retired in 2022, did say who he thought did not leak the draft opinion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019d be amazed if it was a judge,\u2019 he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Breyer\u2019s comments came amid an interview on his new book, \u2018Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism,\u2019 which is critical of conservative justices for their decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization in June 2022\u00a0to uphold a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The decision came just weeks after an unprecedented draft leak published by Politico showed Justice Samuel Alito\u2019s majority opinion outlining the decision to effectively end the recognition of a constitutional right to abortion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following the leak, churches and pro-life groups saw violent and destructive attacks, including a pro-life center in New York getting \u2018firebombed\u2019 by protesters, menacing graffiti on church properties across the nation, and a letter from a radical abortion group called \u2018Jane\u2019s Revenge\u2019 declaring \u2018open season\u2019 on pro-lifers. Conservative justices also saw repeated protests outside their homes in response to the leak and ultimate decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In previously aired portions of the interview, Breyer had described the leak as \u2018unfortunate.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s unfortunate,\u2019 he said, with Welker following up and asking, \u2018Were you angry?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018You try to avoid getting angry or that \u2013 you try in the job \u2013 you try to remain as calm, reasonable and serious as possible,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

\u2018I think it was unfortunate,\u2019 he repeated. Supreme Court justices, as Breyer noted in his interview, are extremely careful about publicly speaking on issues that could land before them in court. Breyer appeared to continue with this tradition in his retirement, choosing his words carefully as Welker peppered him with questions on the leak and landmark decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Breyer joined Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor in writing the dissent to the decision, and said in the interview he did not believe Roe should have been overturned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Welker continued asking if Breyer was hopeful the justices could reach a compromise regarding allowing abortion at 15 weeks ahead of the decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Did you think that a compromise was possible before the leak around 15 weeks?\u2019 Welker asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018I usually hope for compromise,\u2019 Breyer responded.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018So you were hopeful there could be a compromise?\u2019 she continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018You want to put words in my mouth,\u2019 Breyer responded lightheartedly. \u2018I\u2019m careful what I say on this. Because I say our interests are different. I don\u2019t want to make news. I\u2019ve written what I thought. If you think there\u2019s news in here or in the dissent, go right ahead. But, I don\u2019t want to say something in addition.\u2019<\/p>\n

Breyer added that he \u2018always\u2019 thinks compromise is possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The retired justice also shied away from answering whether he was \u2018surprised\u2019 an internal investigation into the leak did not identify a person as responsible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018You want to ask that question to somebody who knows something about it. Ask the people who do internal investigations like that. They\u2019re the people to ask and that they occur all over the government,\u2019 he responded, adding that he was simply \u2018disappointed, I was sorry about the leak.\u2019<\/p>\n

When asked if he foresees the Dobbs case one day being overturned, Breyer said, \u2018It\u2019s possible.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Don\u2019t know\u2026 It\u2019s possible,\u2019 he said. \u2018But who knows?\u2019<\/p>\n

Breyer was nominated to the nation\u2019s highest court by President Bill Clinton to fill former Justice Harry Blackmun\u2019s seat in 1994. Blackmun wrote the court\u2019s opinion on Roe v. Wade in 1973.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Breyer resigned in 2022, with President Biden nominating Ketanji Brown Jackson as the successor. She was confirmed the same year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Gabriel Hays contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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