May 3, 2022, 12:14pm.
The leak of a draft opinion from the Supreme Court was a betrayal of trust, Chief Justice John Roberts said.
Activists demonstrate on May 3 in Washington, DC.
The draft opinion does not represent the court's final decision or the final position, according to Roberts.
The leak to the court and the public servants was slammed by the chief justice.
He said that Roberts ordered the marshal of the court to investigate who leaked the opinion.
The work of the court will not be affected by this betrayal of the court's confidences.
The final opinion in the case will be released by the time the term ends in June.
The Supreme Court is considering a case on Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban and whether states can restrict abortion even before a fetus is viable. According to a draft opinion from February, the court will overturn the federal right to abortion. The court keeps its opinions close to its chest until they are officially released, and a few other opinions have leaked, including the original decision in 1973.
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