Query for CNN’s Joan Biskupic

“…re: Joan Biskupic, ‘Supreme Court leak investigation heats up as clerks are asked for phone records in unprecedented move,’ CNN (May 31, 2022, 12:37 GMT)

Should you not inquire (and report) if the investigators are also investigating non-law-clerk Supreme Court personnel in a similar fashion?*

Should you not inquire (and report) if the investigators are also investigating all nine Supreme Court Justices in a similar fashion? You might ask each individual Justice if he or she authorized the leak, or if he or she knows the identity of the leaker. It is up to you to ask.

See also: Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘Courthouse Security Checks,’ New Reform Club (Aug. 7, 2016, 7:33 AM), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2016/08/my-personal-brexit-courthouse-security.html>;

Seth

PS: To be sure, I do not think we can rule out the possibility that the leak was from someone other than a law clerk–and, perhaps, by a person who is not Supreme Court staff at all. Furthermore, I do not think we can rule out the possibility that the leak (whoever did it) was authorized by a Justice.

Seth Barrett Tillman, ‘Query for CNN’s Joan Biskupic,’ New Reform Club (May 31, 2022, 11:30 AM), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2022/05/query-for-cnns-joan-biskupic.html>;

Biskupic wrote: “It is not known if court officials are asking employees who are part of the permanent staff, beyond the one-year law clerks, for their phone records.” Seth’s response: You might know if you ask…”