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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question for those who know: 
would the liberal justices or their staff even have access to a draft being crafted by the majority to which they are not a party?

This doesn't seem likely to me. 
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Yes, they all do.[/quote]

Wouldn't the young (and presumably idealistic/activist) clerks be the most likely suspects?[/quote]

Have you ever met a SCOTUS clerk?  They are all rule followers.  Not a chance one would do this without direction from a justice.

It pretty obviously came from the right.  There is no benefit to the left in the leak.  The right benefits a lot:
- Get to focus lots of attention and outrage on who the leaker is and blame the left, instead of focusing on the extremely unpopular decision
- Lock in any wavering member of the majority- any changes to the draft will be blamed on being cowed by the "woke mob"
- Get to soften the blow because when the final decision hits in June, it is two-month old news[/quote]
+1
The twitter thread from the former SC clerk linked above points out how it’s the GOP who keeps violating norms to suit their whims. Of course they did it here. [/quote]

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