Is This the Supreme Court Leaker?
. . .Will Chamberlain of the Internet Accountability Project and Human Events had a lengthy Twitter thread about who this leaker could be and zeroed in on Elizabeth Deutsch. It’s pure speculation based on information from the public domain, but after he makes his case—it sort of sounds like she could fit the bill. She’s a current law clerk for Justice Breyer. Chamberlain leaves it open that he could be wrong about her, but let’s go through what he found:
Here’s where things start to get interesting. Every law student has to write a note – a long legal research paper, usually making a novel argument about the law.
Elizabeth Deutsch wrote hers about reproductive rights and abortion.
Specifically, she argued that Obamacare’s non-discrimination provision should be interpreted to force Catholic hospitals to perform “emergency abortions.”
Aggressive argument – and hey, law students make aggressive arguments.
Meet Elizabeth Deutsch. She's currently a law clerk for Justice Breyer.
And, in my humble opinion, she's the most likely person to have leaked the draft Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs, purporting to overturn Roe v. Wade.
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) May 4, 2022
Her academic background isn't that uncommon for Supreme Court clerks. Yale undergrad, Yale law, and 2 British Master's degrees, from LSE and Cambridge.
Do note the Master's degree in Gender. pic.twitter.com/GsrYZgtMzC
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) May 4, 2022
Specifically, she argued that Obamacare's non-discrimination provision should be interpreted to *force* Catholic hospitals to perform "emergency abortions."
Aggressive argument – and hey, law students make aggressive arguments. pic.twitter.com/pW9GqWsKJ1
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) May 4, 2022
Her career page on LinkedIn doesn't reveal that much…until we start digging a little further. pic.twitter.com/IFC5C1qVj1
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) May 4, 2022
Pillard was one of the DC Circuit judges appointed by Obama and forced through by Harry Reid blowing up the filibuster.
She's stridently pro-choice. Perhaps not shocking. pic.twitter.com/obuFEfebPn
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) May 4, 2022
But none of this proves anything. Yes, Deutsch's career seems pretty focused on abortion. But without some connection to Josh Gerstein (the journalist who received the leak opinion) there would be no reason to suspect her.https://t.co/UurDfZhUge
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) May 4, 2022
Isaac Arnsdorf just got hired by the Washington Post as a national political reporter. (Of course he's on the Trump beat). pic.twitter.com/CWJMVwt54g
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) May 4, 2022
Looks like Gerstein and they are still bros – chatting on Twitter, interacting as recently as last year. pic.twitter.com/AKb5dZwIhc
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) May 4, 2022
She clerked for a stridently pro-choice appellate judge.
And it just so happens that her husband is a journalist, who shared bylines with Josh Gerstein at Politico, and it looks like they are still buds.
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) May 4, 2022
I don't know that Elizabeth Deutsch leaked the draft opinion.
But I certainly think someone who has spent much of their academic and professional life fighting to expand the right to get an abortion could be desperate enough to do so.
FIN
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) May 4, 2022
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