5 May 2022

US Supreme Court legitimacy questioned after abortion draft leak

From Morning Report, 6:45 am on 5 May 2022

An unprecedented leak from the US Supreme Court of plans to overturn the right to abortion nationwide has called into question the integrity of the court.

Protests are being held across the country and Vice-president Kamala Harris has called the potential reversal of the 1973 Roe v Wade decision an assault on freedom.

The chief justice called the leak a "betrayal" and said the Marshal of the Court will investigate the breach.

John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor of constitutional law Gloria J. Browne-Marshall spoke to Susie Ferguson.