I've been reading about the Supreme Court's evidently failed attempt to figure out who leaked the draft of Alito's decision overturning Roe. They interviewed almost a hundred employees and everyone said, "I didn't do it." Imagine that! Did they interview the justices? You couldn't tell from the first press release—I guess they didn't predict there'd be curiosity on that point. Now they say that they did speak with the justices and none of them fessed up, either. But all nine were helpful, answered every question in addition to offering some of their own, and, in the end, they were not asked, as the other employees all were, to sign a sworn affidavit stating, "I didn't do it."
It's been widely reported that the public's confidence in the Supreme Court is at the level of the juice in the puddle below the dumpster. I hope they weren't expecting a boost from this "investigation." Assume, for the sake of argument, that all the Court's employees are willing to lie to save their ass but that none would go so far as to commit perjury. In that case, there's only nine suspects left. My prime suspect, Alito himself, bursting with pride of authorship, is still alive, so there is no reason yet to ask penance for my cynicism.
I offer this argument only for its possible impact upon others. I personally do not doubt that Supreme Court justices in general, and Alito in particular, would lie under oath as well as in other circumstances. It's one of the things Sen. Collins and I agree about.
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