Posted on 05/08/2022 1:09:33 PM PDT by Rummyfan
One of the Supreme Court's longtime reporters said the "leading theory" is that a conservative clerk leaked the majority draft opinion indicating the high court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Nina Totenberg, a legal affairs correspondent for NPR, said the only theory that makes sense is that the leak came from someone who "was afraid that this majority might not hold."
"The leading theory is a conservative clerk who was afraid that one of the conservatives might be persuaded by Chief Justice Roberts to join a much more moderate opinion," Totenberg said during an appearance Sunday on ABC's This Week.
Totenberg also dismissed speculation that the leak originated from the liberal side.
"There's another theory that it was an outraged liberal clerk, but I think the only one that makes sense is that it came from somebody who was afraid this majority might not hold — that Chief Justice Roberts might persuade one of the conservatives to come over to him," Totenberg added.
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The story that makes sense is Breyer’s clerk, the one married to the good friend of the guy who broke the story
My leading theory is Nina Totenberg is a lying left wing liberal skank and a font of disinformation that she knows is false. Those are her good qualities.
Lie lie lie. It’s all they got.
This lunatic is going to have EGG meets FACE moment, in the near future....
Looking forward to seeing that!
To those who share Joe Biden’s Cognitive capabilities thid makes sense.
Bet they are against impeaching the Justice who the leaker works for.
Nina might be an airhead
Leading theory among whom? People with IQs under 80?
Heh - just as credible
Who cares about theories? The Supreme Court dropped this bomb on America. Lock up the justices until it’s known who to charge and try and convict and hang.
They know it’s a done deal and now will spin it for use as a political weapon.
She was fired from National Observer for plagiarism in 1972 regarding a profile she wrote of then-soon-to-be Speaker Tip O'Neill which included, without attribution, quotes from members of Congress that had previously appeared in The Washington Post. Totenberg has said that the dismissal also related to her rebuffing of sexual overtures from an editor. Many of Totenberg's colleagues have defended her, noting that the use of previously-reported quotes was a common journalistic practice in the 1970s. In 1995, Totenberg told the Columbia Journalism Review, "I have a strong feeling that a young reporter is entitled to one mistake and to have the holy bejeezus scared out of her to never do it again."
Do something untoward and blaming it on the opposition is leftist SOP.
It works very well on half the country.
Especially since 2008.
Not saying I approve; they know their audience very well and cater to it.
It’s how they sell the reprobate agendas to them.
I definitely do not approve.
Too true
Or should I say
Too accurate
Fake National Propaganda Radio news. Ignore.
A “leading theory” by whom? Liberals in the MSM?
From a non partisan standpoint the only theory that makes sense given the risk is that liberals leaked it to rile up their base before the 2022 elections.
Also — I doubt any clerks leaked it. Coupled with the WH leaks under Trump I believe the democrat party has surveillance apparatus in place and can leak anything they want whenever.
Clarence Thomas has said numerous times that they come to their decisions independently. They do not confer with each other until after they’ve reached a decision. So this is just another liberal lying, as they almost always do.
Is this the lady who was one of the VJ’s on MTV when it started?
Only a complete loon would believe this was leaked by a conservative who agreed with the ruling. But good for her, folks are talking about her and the article is getting hits which is the only thing which matters in journalism today.
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