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Alito Says He Has ‘Pretty Good Idea’ Who Leaked Abortion Ruling

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In an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s opinion pages, the justice rejected the theory that the leak had come from the right.

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  1. New York Times

    Alito Says He Has ‘Pretty Good Idea’ Who Leaked Abortion Ruling (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    In an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s opinion pages, the justice rejected the theory that the leak had come from the right.

  2. Washington Examiner

    Supreme Court Justice Alito says he has a 'good idea' of who leaked Dobbs decision and why (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Just days before the anniversary of a leak that changed the scope of trust in the nation's highest court, Justice Samuel Alito says he has a "good idea" of who leaked the draft signaling the end of Roe v. Wade.

  3. Fox News

    Supreme Court Justice Alito says he has a 'pretty good idea' on who leaked Dobbs draft decision (opens Fox News)

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    Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said during an interview with the Wall Street Journal that he has a “pretty good idea" on who leaked a draft version of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

  4. The Guardian

    Leaked abortion draft made us ‘targets of assassination’, Samuel Alito says (opens The Guardian)

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    US supreme court justice, who wrote Dobbs ruling that overturned Roe, denies claims he was responsible for leak in draft form

  5. Insider

    Justice Alito says he has a 'pretty good idea' who leaked the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade but doesn't have the proof to name them publicly (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    The conservative Supreme Court justice has himself been accused of leaking the outcome of the 2014 Hobby Lobby case to an evangelical group.

  6. Washington Times

    Justice Alito says he knows who leaked draft opinion overturning abortion rights (opens Washington Times)

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    Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. says he likely knows who leaked his draft opinion overturning abortion rights, and ridiculed the suggestion it could have been a conservative clerk — saying it made the justices targets for assassination.

  7. New York Post

    Samuel Alito claims he has ‘pretty good idea’ who leaked Dobbs draft, says it made justices ‘targets of assassination’ (opens New York Post)

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    Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito revealed Friday that he has a “pretty good idea” of the identity of the person behind the leak of the high court’s draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade last yea…

  8. KTVZ Bend

    Justice Alito says he has 'pretty good idea' who was behind leak of draft abortion opinion (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Tierney Sneed, CNN Justice Samuel Alito said that he has a “pretty good idea” who was responsible for the unprecedented disclosure of a draft opinion of a Supreme Court ruling last year, suggesting it was someone who opposed reversing the Roe v.

  9. Gopusa

    Supreme Court Justice Says He Thinks He Knows Who Leaked Draft Abortion Opinion (opens Gopusa)

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    Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says he thinks he knows who leaked a draft opinion in a major abortion case. “I personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible,” Alito told the Wall Street Journal. The leaked opinion in Dobbs v.

  10. NBC News

    Alito says he has a ‘pretty good idea’ who leaked draft of abortion opinion (opens NBC News)

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    Justice Samuel Alito said the leaker shared his draft opinion that indicated the Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade as part of a "campaign to try to intimidate the court.”

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