It’s worth underscoring how stunning the leaks in this @washingtonpost story are — even after the events of the past week: Three *different* sources all speaking to the current state of internal #SCOTUS deliberations in a pending case? And all identifying as “conservatives”? Wow. https://t.co/G9YlBNMtbf— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) May 8, 2022
“According to three conservatives close to the court” — who are, apparently, privy to the current state of internal deliberations:https://t.co/2JaHJNDPvS
In other words, here’s *another* Dobbs-related leak from #SCOTUS — and this time, it’s clear which side it’s coming from… pic.twitter.com/x4iMLYDmO6— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) May 8, 2022
This seems to be the *fourth* different leak re: Dobbs — the first to WSJ’s editorial board; the second to Politico re: the draft; and the third to CNN re: the Chief Justice’s vote.
Folks are going to apportion blame according to their priors, but something is rotten in Denmark.
There’s been a lot of outrage about the Politico leak from prominent conservatives all of whom assume that it came from someone sympathetic to the more liberal Justices’ position here. I suspect we won’t see the same for this leak — even though it has a far more explicit source.