Justice Alito: Leak of Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision Made Conservative Justices ‘Targets for Assassination’

Justice Alito: Leak of Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision Made Conservative Justices ‘Targets for Assassination’
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito speaks at Georgetown University in Washington on Feb. 23, 2016. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says the leak earlier this year of a draft opinion reversing Roe v. Wade made conservative justices “targets for assassination” and changed the atmosphere at the court.

Alito’s comments came during a moderated conversation at the Heritage Foundation in the nation’s capital on Oct. 25. At the end of the discussion, Alito was presented with Heritage’s Defender of the Constitution Award.