Supreme Court law clerks have been asked to hand over their cell phones as part of the court's escalating probe into an unprecedented leak of a draft majority opinion on abortion.
According to CNN, clerks are so "alarmed" by the requirement that they are now considering seeking outside counsel in the far-reaching investigation. "That's what similarly situated individuals would do in virtually any other government investigation," one appellate lawyer who is familiar with the probe told CNN. "It would be hypocritical for the Supreme Court to prevent its own employees from taking advantage of that fundamental legal protection."
