Ruminations On Supreme Court Leaks, Classified Documents & Preferred Fonts

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🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Documents were at the heart of Washington news this week. A Supreme Court investigation into who leaked a draft opinion of the decision overturning Roe v. Wade failed to identify who was responsible; the White House's communications strategy in handling the president's classified document dilemma has left much to be desired; and, a State Department decision to change fonts has our cast thinking.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, political correspondent Susan Davis, and senior political editor and correspondent Ron Elving.

This episode was produced by Elena Moore and Casey Morell. It was edited by Casey Morell. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Research and fact-checking by Devin Speak.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Stephanie and Dexter.
0:05.0	We just chased this Quirtle uphill.
0:08.0	This podcast was recorded at 1.45pm on Friday the 20th of January.
0:14.0	These may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:16.0	Alright, here's the show.
0:21.0	I'm not sure who sounds more winded.
0:23.0	Haha.
0:24.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:27.0	I'm Tamara Keith. I cover the White House.
0:29.0	I'm Nina Totevert. I cover the Supreme Court.
0:32.0	And I'm Ron Elving, Editor-Corerespondent.
0:34.0	It was one of the biggest who done it in Washington.
0:38.0	Someone may have leaked a controversial draft US Supreme Court opinion.
0:43.0	A draft obtained by Politico suggests that the High Court's conservative majority is poised to strike down the Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion 49 years ago.
0:53.0	The leak of a draft decision in the Dobbs case roiled the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts called it a betrayal and asked the Marshall of the Supreme Court to conduct an investigation to find out how this happened.
1:06.0	That investigation has wrapped up. Its findings have been released.
1:11.0	And Nina, you are here with us. You have read through the whole thing. So Nina, who done it?
1:17.0	Well, the who done it is still? Who done it?
1:21.0	We don't know who did it. And I don't think they know with any clarity.
1:26.0	They may have suspicions. They interviewed like 97 people.
1:31.0	We don't even know whether they interviewed the justices, for example.
1:34.0	But they did all kinds of tracking through computer systems. They hired outside forensic experts to do that.
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