Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday responded to the leak of a Roe vs. Wade overturning draft decision on a case from Mississippi that had been circulating at the U.S. Supreme Court as the court confirmed its authenticity while underscoring that the first draft from February does “not represent a decision.”
Roberts also announced that the Marshal of the Court would conduct an investigation into the source of the leak — which he called a “singular and egregious breach” of the trust placed in Court employees.
Politico published the leaked document Monday, sparking immediate and intense backlash of two kinds: foremostly against the possibility that abortion rights are on the brink of dissolution in the United States, but also against the fact that a highly sensitive Supreme Court document would find the light of day.