José Niño
Are America’s most “sacred” institutions in jeopardy?
The night of May 2 served as a wake-up call to Americans that the governmental institutions they take for granted might be on the path to total degradation.
The first of these institutions likely to go down the tubes is the Supreme Court.
On May 2, 2022, a leak of a draft opinion hinting at the Supreme Court potentially overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision rocked the entire nation. Roe v. Wade initially legalized abortion nationwide and its potential repeal would kick abortion policymaking back to the states.
Politico published the leak, which Chief Justice John Roberts labeled as an “egregious breach of trust.”
“Although the document described in yesterday’s reports is authentic, it does not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case,” Roberts declared in a statement.
“To the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the Court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed. The work of the Court will not be affected in any way.”
The Chief Justice continued: “I have directed the Marshal of the Court to launch an investigation into the source of the leak.”
Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion. Naturally, the revelations of this leak caused a flurry of bipartisan outrage with demonstrators surrounding the Supreme Court.
“We at the Court are blessed to have a workforce — permanent employees and law clerks alike — intensely loyal to the institution and dedicated to the rule of law,” Roberts stated. “Court employees have an exemplary and important tradition of respecting the confidentiality of the judicial process and upholding the trust of the Court.”
Roberts went on: “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.”
The outrage surrounding this leak is all well, but will the political class actually follow through?
Consider Kash Patel, a former member of the Trump administration’s national security council, and hero to the right for his work with Fight with Kash, to be skeptical of accountability coming about on its own. Kash believes that Robert’s suggestion does not go far enough.
In a post on Truth Social, he stated the following:
“Liars & Leakers always run to the fake news mafia, in this case politico. I’m glad supreme court calling for full investigation, but that’s not going anywhere unless they actually bring in people to run thru the muck of DC and provide the American people with the truth. @truthsupport yall know anyone that might be up for the job??? Would scare the heck out of the left if they put @Kash on the mission”
Indeed, Patel is on to something here. Personnel is policy and any type of political change will only come about with the right people in governmental positions and leading accountability campaigns.
There’s a permanent bureaucracy in DC that wants to keep things going the “business as usual” route. That entire structure has to be shaken up if any progress is to be made in holding the DC Swamp accountable.
It’s going to take trailblazers like Patel to make things right in DC.
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