Top Court Leak Threatens Judicial Decision-Making, Gorsuch Says

US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch called it “terribly important” for the court to identify who is responsible for leaking a draft of its blockbuster abortion decision last spring.

“Improper efforts to influence judicial decision-making, from whatever side, from whomever, are a threat to the judicial decision-making process and inhibit our capacity to communicate with one another,” Gorsuch said Thursday at the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit’s bi-annual Bench & Bar Conference.

The opportunity for judges to hear from their colleagues informally about their initial ideas is an invaluable part of the process, he said.

Gorsuch’s appearance ...