"The leaked draft of a majority Supreme Court decision by Justice Samuel Alito overturning Roe v. Wade means several things.
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a leak like this is unheard of. It’s a terrible blow to the court’s morale and process and legitimacy. It hardly matters whether it was leaked by liberals trying to shock the nation’s conscience, by conservatives trying to bolster the confidence of potentially wavering justices, or by some disgruntled employee looking for a thrill or money or something else. Whatever the leaker’s motive, the result is very bad.

Leaks are damaging for the court because the rule of law should speak with a final voice, not a tentative one. A draft opinion is a tentative thing, a work under development. It isn’t the law.

Negotiations about opinions follow an internal logic — and a private one. If this draft can be leaked, anything can be. That changes the game, probably forever. Justices won’t be able to make suggestions or proposals without worrying about them becoming public. The whole way the court reaches decisions is now poised to change.

Then there is the loss of trust. All the justices will surely blame other chambers for the leak. Suspicion, doubt and distrust will follow."

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/abortion-case-leak-shows-supreme-court-broken