First of all, Roe v. Wade didn’t endorse abortion, it passed responsibility for regulating abortions covered by a woman’s constitutional right to privacy to the states. The court’s new plan reveals what has been called “a Talibanesque attack on women’s rights.”

After the leak went public, Justice Clarence Thomas said, “Governmental institutions shouldn’t be bullied.” The source has been called a “leaker,” a bad apple, and his or her action “absolutely appalling.” But what if it is a governmental institution that is doing the bullying? What if a planned action of the Supreme Court would be more divisive and damaging to the nation than unauthorized exposure of it to the light of day? Would that change the narrative?

Thomas’ reaction joined with the politically polarized court’s effort to put a positive spin on its unpopular opposition to Roe v. Wade. The court’s home-court position as the nation’s final arbiter of law lets it push its partisan positions while elsewhere, public office holders caught similarly abusing the public’s trust would be charged with malfeasance.

The leak revealed a court conspiring to misuse its honored position in law to subvert existing law, a law of the land, and the will of a supermajority of citizens. The court’s conservatives had designed a combination anti-abortion law and Trojan horse to open the door to the divisive conservative Christian agenda. They were caught at it, thanks to a courageous whistleblower.

The so-called leaker, better...

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