{"id":23855,"date":"2022-05-03T16:32:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T20:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=23855"},"modified":"2022-05-03T18:48:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T22:48:52","slug":"supreme-court-confirms-leak-as-authentic-amid-uncertainty-for-indian-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/05\/03\/supreme-court-confirms-leak-as-authentic-amid-uncertainty-for-indian-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court confirms leak as ‘authentic’ amid uncertainty for Indian Country"},"content":{"rendered":" \"U.S.<\/a>
A crowd gathers in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on 1st Street NE in Washington, D.C., on the morning of May 3, 2022, as news of a forthcoming decision to limit the reproductive rights of women continues to circulate in legal, political and social circles. Photo by Indianz.Com (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
Supreme Court confirms leak as ‘authentic’ amid uncertainty for Indian Country<\/div>\r\n
Tuesday, May 3, 2022<\/div>\r\n
By Acee Agoyo<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C. — An unprecedented leak from the nation’s highest court is coming amid extreme uncertainty for tribes and their sovereign rights.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nIn a news release on Tuesday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court<\/a> acknowledged the draft opinion in a high-profile reproductive rights case as an “authentic” document. But Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.<\/a> denied that the leak would affect the high court’s work, which includes making decisions in three Indian Country cases.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“To the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the Court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed,” Roberts said in a statement<\/a>. “The work of the Court will not be affected in any way.”\r\n

<\/P>\r\nStill, Roberts said he would be ordering an “investigation into the source of the leak.” The draft opinion in the reproductive rights case was first reported by POLITICO<\/a> on Monday night.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“This was a singular and egregious breach of that trust that is an affront to the Court and the community of public servants who work here,” Roberts said.\r\n

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