(WASHINGTON) More than 110 days after Justice Samuel Alito authored a first draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court deliberations over a
An expected Supreme Court rollback of abortion rights has put renewed focus on when and how the justices decide to reverse precedent under the doctrine of stare decisis.
(NEW YORK) In thousands of rulings over its storied history, the U.S. Supreme Court has broken with stare decisis, the doctrine of respecting prior decisions
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) The extraordinary leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade has triggered an equally extraordinary whodunnit focused on a small universe of court employees who have regular access to the institution's most sensitive and confidential documents. "I think the most likely explanation is that it's an insider, and the only question is what is the motive?" said Cardozo Law professor Kate Shaw, a former clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens and ABC News legal analyst. For the first time in court history, the Marshal of the Court – the institution's little known chief operations officer, who also oversees an independent police force – is leading an internal investigation to identify the source of a leaked opinion draft. "This was a singular and egregious breach of that trust that is an affront to the Court and the community of public servants who work here," Chief Justice John Roberts said in a s