WASHINGTON—Pointing at one another and shouting as large grins shaped on their faces, Supreme Courtroom Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas shared an extended chortle this week after discovering they’d each leaked the choice in Dobbs v. Jackson Girls’s Well being Group. “Wait, you leaked the Dobbs majority opinion to Politico again in Might? However I leaked the Dobbs majority opinion to Politico again in Might!” stated Alito, who, by sharp gasps between raucous stomach laughs, added how uncanny it was that they each—on the very same day—posed as an aide, leaked the very same draft of an upcoming opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, after which tried to pin it on the very same unspecified clerks when allegations got here to mild. “Severely, what are the percentages? Plus, neither of us have even gotten near getting caught. Wait. You’re going to blackmail me? I’m going to blackmail you! Twinsies!” After concurrently wiping away tears of pleasure and agreeing to get a beer, Alito and Thomas each acknowledged that they need to have identified they leaked the identical resolution after they each harassed the identical aides.
