Late Monday night, news outlet Politico published what it reported to be a draft of an opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. News of the draft opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito quickly made its way across social media platforms, and before long the Capitol Police were erecting barricades in front of the Supreme Court as protesters of the court’s presumed decision began to gather late into the night.

When I first heard the news, I was appalled. My reaction had nothing to do with the case or the content of the opinion. I hadn’t even read it. I couldn’t get past the idea that such a brazen breach of process could occur within the close confines of our country’s highest court. I hoped against hope that the document was fraudulent, that there was no leak, that the integrity of the court’s process was intact.

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