‘Egregious Breach’ of Trust: Supreme Court Marshal to Investigate Leak of Draft Roe V. Wade Opinion

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 5, 2020. Mario Tama/Getty Images

U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts has directed the marshal of the Supreme Court to launch an investigation to determine the source of the leak of its draft opinion on its pending Roe v. Wade case to Politico.

In a statement on May 3, the nation’s top court confirmed the majority draft opinion was authentic but said it did “not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case.”