So DUers are the RWs on the court leaking information to the media?

[malaise]

Looks like there are some people who believe this.
Tweety was right last week - ReTHUGs are prepared to destroy America if they don't get their way.

[Tx4obama]

1. Here's a link below for some context ...

Supreme Court Springs A Leak; Leaks To Conservative Pundits May Have Started More Than A Month Ago
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002890721

[malaise]

2. Thanks

Shakes head.

[rocktivity]

3. Well aside from their clerks and support staff, who else could have done it?

From Think Progress:

(CBS News.com reporter Jan) Crawford cites two unnamed sources, and there are a very limited universe of people who could have revealed this information...Only the justices and their personal staff would have access to this knowledge, and it is highly unlikely that a clerk or secretary would be willing to risk their entire career by revealing the Court’s confidential deliberations to the press. Crawford, moreover, is a very well connected conservative reporter who has, at times, worked closely with the Federalist Society to drive conservative legal narratives. Nothing is certain, but it is likely that one or both of Crawford’s sources is a conservative justice.(link)]

From Jan Crawford:

Roberts then withstood a month-long, desperate campaign to bring him back to his original position, the sources said...(A)s Roberts began to craft the decision striking down the mandate, the external pressure began to grow...

There were countless news articles in May warning of damage to the court - and to Roberts' reputation - if the court were to strike down the mandate....Some even suggested that if Roberts struck down the mandate, it would prove he had been deceitful during his confirmation hearings...

The only news article I recall is one about two weeks ago which suggested that the Court might be working out which parts of ACA might be salvageable. The "other" articles, I presume, ended up in conservative media as part of the "external pressure" campaign on Roberts. And given Crawford's lofty status as a conservative reporter, I doubt she stooped to talking with mere court clerks and secretaries.



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