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To seeing as a draft majority opinion. that highlights in itself, i think, the unique nature of this reporting that you have done. and this leak. and i wonder if you have any reflection on what it might mean for the credibility of the court, for the legitimacy of the court, for a drafts majority opinion to have made its way into your hands. this is something that is never happened before in the history of the court. and, as a court observer, and somebody who understands how the court fits into our politics, what sort of impact do you think this will have on the court itself? >> well, i mean, t...

Last piece of this, josh. since we've been on the, air since we received our reporting, tonight, since you published, we, on my show, have contacted four former clerks for supreme court justices. all of, whom uniformly told us that the document that you published tonight appears to be a legitimate work product of the court, meaning it just matches and, form in style, and texture, that kind of product that they as clerks were used to seeing as a draft majority opinion. that highlights in itself, i think, the unique nature of this reporting that you have done. and this leak. and i wonder if you ...

Could lose their legal right to abortion, according to a leaked document from the supreme court. the news website politico says it's seen a draft majority opinion from the judges that roe v. wade, which legalised abortion, was wrong when it was introduced in 1973. that would give individual states the right to restrict or even ban access to abortion. campaigners have already been protesting outside the court building in washington dc. our correspondent richard galpin has the latest. # hey— hey, ho—ho! # roe v wade has got to go! anti and pro—abortion activists taking to the streets here ...

Justice john roberts as he left for the day. >> do you have any comment on the court -- supreme court's draft opinion being released? do you plan to investigate the leak? >> as you can see, no comment from the chief justice there. jeremy diamond at the white house, first to jessica schneider outside the supreme court for the substance of what would be a truly historic decision, jessica. >> reporter: absolutely, john. this would be a monumental and consequential decision if it is ultimately issued by the court here. but also this stunning breach of secrecy. the court never releases even an inkl...

The roe v. wade precedent. our understanding is most of the republican colleagues want to go ahead and take down roe v. wade. and that said, we're at the beginning of may and the decision will not likely be published the until the end of june, maybe beginning of july so it is fair to say that it is a situation that is unresolved at this point and i can't promise you that various things may not change between now and late june. >> josh, in terms of the substance of this opinion as written, again, this draft majority opinion, and with the caveat that this is an historically unprecedented leak of...