Who Leaked the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Draft?
We still have very little information about the sources, confirmation and motives for the Supreme Court Leak.
With protests breaking out all over the country after an anonymous leak of a draft Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, and similar outrage on conservative media over the existence of a leak: there is no doubt that this is a very politically divisive issue that is extremely emotional for the many women whose lives are or have been affected by Roe vs. Wade. However, in the flurry of these emotional times, very few people have paused to ask for a real answer to the following simple question. Is this leak real?
In the 30+ videos I have watched since this alleged Roe vs. Wade leak, there have been no sources cited - other than Politico - which has also not released any sources. All major news outlets on both liberal and conservative media were citing Politico as their only source on May 3, 2022. ‘Quick process question’, an MSNBC anchor asked the Politico journalist in charge of this ‘leak’ - ‘Given the gravity of this news, this statement, this opinion that was written - are you certain that it’s real? Because there’s been some speculation about it everyone wants to make sure that it is in fact, what it is, and because a leak like this is so unprecedented, we just haven’t seen anything like it.’
‘Well, you can imagine’ replied the Politico journalist ‘that we took all that into consideration and, we took a lot of steps, I’m not going to go into them all, to try to verify the authenticity of this document.’ Wait a minute - does that mean that this leak was released on all mainstream media channels, including CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and others without verification? And that they are allowed to release it - not only without releasing the source - but without sharing any details about their verification process? Politico journalist continues: ‘we became convinced after taking those various steps and doing additional research about the procedures of the court, talking to clerks and other legal experts familiar with the court.’ The reporter went on to say that it sounded real, and that he had faith in its veracity.
There is just one problem: no legal expert has come on any of these shows to explain why the leak is real, or whether the sources have been verified. They just expect us to trust them. ABC News did a similar interview of a so-called expert. ‘Who leaked this document, and what potentially could they face? What is this investigation going to look like?’ Asked the anchor - ‘I want to bring in legal analyst Doug Berns…but I really want to focus now on the leak. People are probably pointing fingers and there are a lot of discussions that are happening behind closed doors.’ The Senior Analyst neither answered the question of who leaked the document, nor what consequences they would face. ‘It’s really interesting’ Berns announces…You really have the mixture of law and of course politics and media. Basically you have two theories that are going around: one notion is that one of the liberal justice law clerks disseminated this to pressure a conservative justice. Then you have the flip side - oh no the conservative side of the course disseminated it. And that was to prevent a justice from changing their mind.’
But we do not watch the news for theories - we watch the news for news. And no-one on the news has anything but questions. ‘Who did it?’ That’s the question everyone is asking - said to be the most serious breach of Supreme Court protocol in history’ said a reporter on CNN news. His source? Joe Biden himself, who answered: ‘I just got a call saying that it’s been announced that it is a real draft, but it doesn’t represent who’s going to vote for it yet.’
‘Well, Christina Marie - if indeed this is true - and CBS2 has not confirmed the authenticity of the report’, states the anchor of CBS2. Wait - you’re allowed to just say the news without confirming if it’s true?
And some media outlets, like Steven Colbert’s comedy show have taken to outright lying on the subject without quoting Politico as a source. ‘According to a leaked draft, the Supreme Court has voted to overturn Roe vs. Wade’ crooned Steven Colbert on The Late Show. Interesting, because every other mainstream outlet was simultaneously streaming that President Biden pointed out the Supreme Court has not made a final decision.
Fox News claims: Politico has obtained what they say is an initial draft majority opinion showing the Supreme Court striking down Roe vs. Wade. This leads us to the obvious conclusion - whether it is liberal or conservative media - they all feel perfectly comfortable citing the same source (Politico) without confirmation.
And finally there is the recent news today, May 4 - that Chief Justice Roberts confirmed the leak. And while it does help settle the questions of many - those that perhaps still have faith in the separation of the branches of government - this does not actually prove that it was in fact - a leak. Just as likely, it could be a coordinated effort between the Supreme Court and Congress to decide to actively leak something. And while there is no proof of this wild theory - there is also no proof of this leak anywhere on Mainstream Media.
So before you start fighting with your conservative or liberal neighbors about Roe vs. Wade, stop for a moment to think. While I have no doubt that the rights of women in this country have always been threatened, particularly with the unemployment crisis, which affected women more than men in 2020; and while women are still dealing with the residual effects of the unemployment crisis, school closures, and lack of daycare - does the government have a reason or motive to create this ‘leak’, at this time?
Consider the following:
Just yesterday, democratic politicians were being forced to contend with the idea that if they do not cancel student debt for 45 million Americans, an economic crisis that rivals the housing crisis and is a key contributor to the next financial crisis - they will lose the House and Senate.
On April 20, a U.K. court formally approved extradition of WikiLeaks founder and Australian journalist, Julian Assange, to the United States to be tried under the Espionage Act. He is facing a sentence of up to 175 years. Let me repeat - Julian Assange, author of the most ‘confirmed’ leak in modern history is facing 3 lives in prison while an anonymous and unconfirmed leak is being blasted through social media and all mainstream media channels. This anonymous and unconfirmed leak is being confirmed true while all the talking heads on MSM are ignoring the most famous and verified leak in recent history. And, in the days leading up to this ‘leak’ activists have been ramping up petitions and protests for Julian Assange.
There has also been turmoil from within the democratic party, particularly concerning Nina Turner’s loss to Shontel Brown in Ohio, that the Democrats will never be able to recapture the progressive ‘wing’ of the party. As a response to her loss - Nina Turner herself - despite being a lifelong democrat - said she would ‘consider running independent’ to break the pattern of a lack of enthusiasm from Democratic voters.
Then there is the very embarassing news for the government that Ukraine is not actually winning the war in which the West has invested so much taxpayer money. Taxpayer money that could have gone into addressing any of our major economic issues. Distraction from the $33 Billion dollars that were just sent to Ukraine, a policy that is massively unpopular among voters across the political spectrum, is of primary importance to both parties.
And finally, even on this issue of a woman’s right to choose, even liberal voters are tired of their party’s inaction on the subject. Just ask Joe Biden - who a journalist managed to corner into answering the question ‘Are you going to do away with the filibuster to codify Roe vs. Wade into law’? His only answer: ‘I’m not prepared to make those judgments now.’
In conclusion, if you are pro-choice and believe in this leak, be aware that neither Joe Biden, nor the entire Democratic party, are prepared to codify Roe vs. Wade into law. If you are pro-life, you have also been abandoned by all branches of your government. And while the outrage press rages on to manufacture rage on one of the most divisive culture war issues in this country, I will be patiently waiting for the actual sources of this leak to be revealed.
Note: Please do check out some of the clips of these stories on the leak, and let me know if they sound as strange to you as they sound to me. Full Video Here.
Great article! What adds more to the intrigue for me is that the original Roe decision was also leaked: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/03/1096097236/roe-wade-original-ruling-leak