Chad Pergram
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A) Chief Justice Roberts: To the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the Court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed. The work of the Court will not be affected in any way.
B) Roberts: We at the Court are blessed to have a workforce – permanent employees and law clerks alike – intensely loyal to the institution and dedicated to the rule of law.
C) Roberts: Court employees have an exemplary and important tradition of respecting the confidentiality of the judicial process and upholding the trust of the Court.
D) Roberts: This was a singular and egregious breach of that trust that is an affront to the Court and the community of public servants who work here.
I have directed the Marshal of the Court to launch an investigation into the source of the leak.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said on Tuesday that the leaked draft ruling by the Supreme Court overturning Roe was “completely inconsistent” with what Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh told her in private during confirmation hearings when they were Supreme Court nominees.
“If this leaked draft opinion is the final decision and this reporting is accurate, it would be completely inconsistent with what Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh said in their hearings and in our meetings in my office,” said Collins. “Obviously, we won’t know each Justice’s decision and reasoning until the Supreme Court officially announces its opinion in this case.”
Collins defended her vote for Kavanaugh in 2018, stating that she didn’t believe he would vote to overturn Roe.
“I do not believe Brett Kavanaugh will overturn Roe v. Wade,” she said at the time. “He noted that Roe had been reaffirmed 19 years later by Planned Parenthood vs. Casey. And that it was precedent on precedent. He said it should be extremely rare that it should be overturned.”
George W. Bush to appear at fundraiser for Trump nemesis Kemp
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/george-w-bush-brian-kemp-event-trump-00029476
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