WEIGHING IN ON THAT, THAT ITSELF
CAN GET CONTROVERSY GOING, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO GO TO CARRY ON THIS,
THE JUDICIAL CRISIS NETWORK, THE
FORMER CLERK FOR JUSTICE
CLARENCE THOMAS, GOOD TO HAVE
YOU.
I DON’T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE
SPOT I DON’T KNOW IF YOU KEEP IN
TOUCH WITH JUSTICE THOMAS BUT
HOW THE COURT IS REACTING.
HE MIGHT BE REACTING TO THIS
LEAK IN THE CONCERN FOR THE
COURT IN THE IMAGE GOING FORWARD
FORWARD.
>> THIS IS THE KIND OF THING
THAT IS ROCKED THE WHOLE CLERK
BECAUSE IT IS A SHOCKING THING
TO HAVE A LEAK LIKE THIS, EVEN
TAKE OF BIG CASES LIKE BUSH
VERSUS GORE I HEARD LITERAL
FIGHTING PEOPLE GETTING PUSHED
IN TO THE FOUNTAIN AT THE COURT,
YET NO LEAKS.
THIS IS A HUGE THING THAT I
THINK WILL REALLY UNDERMINE THE
COLLEGIALITY AND THE WORKING
RELATIONSHIP WITHIN THE COURT.
I THINK IT’S ALSO GOT TO BATTLE
THE JUSTICES WHO THOUGHT THEY
COULD TRUST PEOPLE I THINK THEY
WILL HAVE TO BE VERY CLOSE TO
THE VEST AND I THINK THE CHIEF
JUSTICE IS REALLY LOOKING INTO
THE IDENTITY AND I’M SURE THAT
PERSON AT ALL THE JUSTICES ON
THE COURT ARE GOING TO BE SO
FRUSTRATED WITH THIS THAT THAT
PERSON WILL FACE SERIOUS
REPERCUSSIONS WHEN HE OR SHE IS
FOUND.
I DO HOPE THE JUSTICE, I THINK
THIS’LL BE THE IMPACT AND THEY
WILL BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO
ALLOW THE PUBLIC PRESSURE TO
AFFECTED DECISION-MAKING, I
THINK THAT WOULD ONLY ENCOURAGE
CONTINUED LEAKS LIKE THIS, SEEMS
LIKE THE GOAL WAS TO BULLY AND
INTIMIDATE THE COURTS, I THINK
IF ANYTHING YOU SHOULD
STRENGTHEN THEIR SPYING TO NOT
BE INTIMIDATED.
NEIL: I CAUGHT YOUR DISTINCTION
WHEN THIS PERSON, NOT IF YOU
HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THAT PERSON
EVENTUALLY WILL BE FOUND?
>> I’M PRETTY CONFIDENT I THINK
ABOUT ALL THE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE THIS IS THE CHIEF
JUSTICE WHEN WE WERE PREPPING
WITH HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS
PEOPLE TOLD THE STORY TELLING
HIS CLERKS IF ANYONE LEAK HE
WOULD USE EVERYTHING IN HIS
POWER TO MAKE IT CLEAR THEY HAD
NO LONGER A LEGAL CAREER IN THIS
TOWN.
I THINK THE JUSTICE WILL TAKE
THAT SERIOUSLY.
NEIL: DO WE KNOW HOW IT WAS
LEAKED, WAS IT PHYSICALLY GIVEN
TO POLITICO OR EXACTLY HOW IT
ALL HAPPENED OR A DIGITAL COPY,
WHAT DO YOU HEAR?
>> I DON’T THINK THAT WE KNOW
THAT YET, FROM THE LOOKS OUT OF
IT WAS A PRINTED COPY THAT WAS
SCANNED BY POLITICO AND BY THE
LEAKER, I DON’T THINK WE KNOW.
I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS
SOMETHING STILL TO BE FIGURED
OUT, DEPENDING ON HOW IT WAS
LEAKED THAT COULD IMPLICATE
ANOTHER POTENTIAL MISUSE.
NEIL: I APOLOGIZE, OBVIOUSLY YOU
HAD STANDARDS TO ADHERE TO,
HANDLING DOCUMENTS OF ANY SORT,
WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY HAVE
TIGHTENED UP NOW IN LIEU OF
THIS?
>> WHEN I WAS WORKING THAT YOU
COULD NEVER LEFT THE BUILDING
SOMETHING LIKE THIS YOU COULD
NOT HAVE ANY INTERIOR WORK
PRODUCT LEAVE THE BUILDING
WHETHER FLASH DRIVE OR PRINTED
WHATEVER I’M SURE WE HAD TO
MODIFY THAT WITH THE COURT WHEN
VIRTUAL.
AND MAYBE SOME OF THAT PERSISTED
AND TIGHTENED BACK DOWN AGAIN
WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING
THESE THINGS SUCH CLOSE HOLDS. NEIL: COULD YOU LEAVE THE
NEIL: COULD YOU LEAVE THE
BUILDING.
>> WHEN YOU WORK THERE WERE YOU
ABLE TO LEAVE DO THE INSPECTION
ON THE WAY OUT, WHAT WAS THE
POLICY.
>> THAT IS SOMETHING THEY MAY
HAVE TO IMPLEMENT.
IT WAS CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD YOU
CLEARLY CANNOT LEAVE THE
BUILDING WITH THESE THINGS, NO
ONE WAS MAKING YOU OPEN YOUR
BAGS FOR SEARCH, THAT WOULD’VE
BEEN INSULTING BECAUSE EVERYBODY
VIEWED IT SO PROFESSIONALLY,
THERE WAS A SENSE OF
PROFESSIONALISM AND COLLEGIALITY
THAT EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE YOU
RECOGNIZE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT
AND MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR
POLITICAL AGENDA.
IT’S SAD TO SEE THE INSTITUTION
OF A COURT SO DRAMATICALLY
ARREST BY THIS DECISION.
I IMAGINE THE GOOD HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT IF YOU
CANNOT TRUST THE CLERKS