Twitter User Solves Who Leaked Supreme Court Draft Opinion?

But first, a disclaimer:

I have no inside information. This thread is speculation, based almost entirely on publicly available information. I could easily be wrong.

Cool? Cool.

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) May 4, 2022

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. pic.twitter.com/yXygrzxeer

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) May 4, 2022

While in law school she wrote a NYT op-ed about reproductive rights. Sensing a theme here.https://t.co/GOfBCupY8F

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) May 4, 2022

First, thanks to her NYT wedding announcement (of course), we know that she clerked for judge Nina Pillard. pic.twitter.com/vC68DwTig8

— 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

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

h/t WindyCityRiot