Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison.

The leak of a Supreme Court draft Monday evening is dominating the news again this morning.

Amy Howe, the Supreme Court analyst at SCOTUS blog, tweeted,

it's impossible to overstate the earthquake this will cause inside the court in terms of the

destruction of trust among the justices and staff. This leak is the gravest, most unforgivable sin.

Criminal law professor Oren Carr called the leak the most egregious violation

of confidentiality for a staff member or employee of the court that you can imagine. Barricades were

erected around the Supreme Court building after the leak in anticipation of public reactions.

This turned out to be a wise move as demonstrators on both sides rallied

Monday night and into Tuesday morning. Signs included, Sam Alito, retire, expletive deleted.

One activist wrote, seriously, shout out to whoever the hero was within the Supreme Court

who said, Expletitive deleted, let's burn the place down.

Others issued similar calls for violence against the court.

After the Cavanel confirmation in 2018,

hundreds of protesters tried to break down the Supreme Court's bronze doors,

scaled the building and its statues, and through tomatoes

and water bottles at the cars of justices who had attended his swearing in. We are left to

wonder what the reaction will be if the draft document does in fact mirror the court's

ruling this summer or if it does not. Chief Justice Roberts issued a statement yesterday,

confirming the authenticity of the draft opinion leaked to Politico and announcing an investigation

into the document's disclosure, which he described as a singular and egregious breach of the

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