Timothy Birdnow

Sam Alito thinks he knows who leaked the results of the Court ruling on abortion.

So what can be done about it?

Probably nothing unless the GOP wins a supermajority in the Senate and keeps the House and impeaches her.

But I do wonder; is it possible for the Court itself to take disciplinary action? As far as I am aware nothing is mentioned at all about such internal matters on the Court. Maybe they acan kick someone off? Doubtful but I don't actually think it impossible. After all, this was a crime and not just a breach of protocol.

Or perhaps they could suspend her.

In 1973 the Supreme Court implemented a code of conduct for it's members. If they can do that why can't they suspend or expel a member?

Here are the five pillars of their code of conduct:

1. A Justice Should Uphold the Integrity and Independence of the Judiciary.

2. A Justice Should Avoid Impropriety and the Appearance of Impropriety in All Activities.

3. A Justice Should Perform the Duties of Office Fairly, Impartially, and Diligently.

4. A Justice May Engage in Extrajudicial Activities that Are Consistent with the Obligations

of the Judicial Office.

5. A Justice Should Refrain from Political Activity.

It is clear whoever she was, she violated several planks in this platform.

She could, in fact, have gotten one of the Justices killed.

This code has no specified enforcement mechanisms though. But why not? Certainly the Court is an independent branch of government and it requires full impeachment by Congress to remove a member. But the Constitution says nothing about the Court removing a member on it's own.

Yes, that could be a bad idea; if the Left ever gets control they will remoe all Conservatives. But there is a difference between removing a member for so egregious an ethical violation and just for disagreeing. That of course would not stop the Democrats but there is a big distinction.

Whatever the case may be there needs to be punishment for whoever did that.

Here is a rundown of all the duties of the Chief Justice over and above the writing of opinions.

BTW you will notice that the Chief Justice is on the board of these three institutions: the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Hirshorn Museum. You will further notice that these instituions made a sharp left turn while John Roberts sat on their board of directors. Take what you will from that. All three became horribly woke and Roberts apparently didnt speak up.

He is also Chairman of the Judicial Conference of the United States, which is a kind of board of Trustees for the Federal Courts and he runs the Judicial Center, which is heavily involved in education. So Mr. Roberts apparently has failed to do his job in those duties as the lower courts are completely out of control now, even ignoring SCOTUS rulings. Roberts was at the helm as this happened. I warned everyone at the time he was going to be a disaster.

At any rate I suspect there are things Roberts could do. I would start by reassigning the leaker to a mens room in the basement somewhere. By the time she retires nobody will even remember her name.

Hide Comments | Add Comment