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Congressional Medal Of Honor And Medal Of Freedom For The Person Who Leaked The Supreme Court's (Original Post) DanieRains May 2022 OP
I honestly think it was Alito. onecaliberal May 2022 #1
Yeah I don't think we will want to give a medal to the person that leaked Bev54 May 2022 #2
I am of the mind that he leaked it to keep anyone from getting cold feet. onecaliberal May 2022 #4
I think it could be both him and Thomas and perhaps used Ginni to get it out. Bev54 May 2022 #5
I thought it might be her originally, but now I think it was Alito. onecaliberal May 2022 #6
Yeah, no. herding cats May 2022 #3
People think you're giving it to Ginni Thomas JosieSD May 2022 #7
Ginni, on a bender. 3Hotdogs May 2022 #9
No. Ocelot II May 2022 #8
Maybe the person who leaked didn't have access to it in February. former9thward May 2022 #10
I'm with you, depending on multigraincracker May 2022 #11
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Sure, if it's Alito, multigraincracker May 2022 #13
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Might depend on multigraincracker May 2022 #15

Bev54

(10,064 posts)
2. Yeah I don't think we will want to give a medal to the person that leaked
Fri May 6, 2022, 12:17 AM
May 2022

this was not with good intentions.

onecaliberal

(32,880 posts)
4. I am of the mind that he leaked it to keep anyone from getting cold feet.
Fri May 6, 2022, 12:20 AM
May 2022

Why is he reluctant to be in public suddenly?

herding cats

(19,566 posts)
3. Yeah, no.
Fri May 6, 2022, 12:19 AM
May 2022

It could very easily have been leaked to lock in positions and negate any changes to their votes.

Other than that, there's little reason for the leak since the opinion was due next month.

 

JosieSD

(60 posts)
7. People think you're giving it to Ginni Thomas
Fri May 6, 2022, 12:24 AM
May 2022

We need to figure out who we actually want this to be before we praise or decry this.

Ocelot II

(115,799 posts)
8. No.
Fri May 6, 2022, 12:36 AM
May 2022

It may very well have been leaked for malign right-wing purposes, and in any event probably made the situation worse by discouraging the current majority justices from dissenting or softening their positions. It certainly didn’t improve anything; the outcome will likely be the same, the only difference being that we found out a few weeks sooner than we would have otherwise. If it was leaked to help the pro-choice position, why wasn’t it leaked back in February when it was written?

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