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Kagan screamed so loudly at liberal ally after Dobbs leak the ‘wall was shaking,’ book claims
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FIRST ON FOX: Justice Elena Kagan’s frustrations boiled over in the aftermath of the Dobbs opinion leak in 2022, leading her to allegedly scream «so loudly» at Justice Stephen Breyer that the «wall was shaking,» observers said, according to a new book.
Conservative author and Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway’s forthcoming book «Alito,» reviewed by Fox News Digital and set for release Tuesday, details the incident and other heated moments surrounding the leak, which spurred waves of protests and death threats against the five conservative justices expected to overturn Roe that year.
The Supreme Court’s deep division on abortion was clear at the time, but the book reveals that a typically unified liberal bloc was also fractured.
Hemingway wrote that Kagan, an Obama appointee, angrily confronted Breyer, a Clinton appointee, in May 2022 behind closed doors after at least one justice, Samuel Alito, had asked his liberal colleagues to speed up writing their dissent because of security threats. Breyer was most likely to agree to Alito’s request, Hemingway wrote.
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Justice Elena Kagan, retired Justice Stephen Breyer (Erin Schaff, Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images)
«Though he had not said he would accommodate the justices whose lives were at risk by getting out a dissent, [Breyer] was the member of the liberal bloc most willing to do so,» Hemingway wrote. «Fiercely liberal in his jurisprudence and in strong disagreement with the majority decision, he nevertheless was a gentleman and a friend to all on the Court. Kagan remonstrated with Breyer not to accommodate the majority, screaming so loudly, observers noted, that the ‘wall was shaking.’»
Fox News Digital reached out to representatives for Breyer as well as the Supreme Court’s press office for comment on the book.
The security threats at the time were severe, as protesters who supported access to abortion frequently showed up at conservative justices’ homes. Shortly after the leak, Attorney General Merrick Garland ordered the U.S. Marshals Service to provide full-time security for all the justices, but he drew criticism because authorities did not arrest protesters despite a law that prohibits «picketing or parading» near a federal judge’s home to influence a court decision.
In June 2022, before the Supreme Court issued its decision, a suspect armed with a pistol, knife and burglary tools was arrested near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home. Nicholas Roske, who now goes by Sophie, later pleaded guilty to attempting to murder a Supreme Court justice and received a controversial sentence of eight years in prison, which the Department of Justice is appealing.
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP)
«As the protests continued, the Alitos were moved to a secure location,» Hemingway wrote. «Justice Barrett had to put on a bulletproof vest in front of her children, most of whom still lived at home.»
Kagan’s contentious interaction with Breyer, who was set to retire in June 2022, came after a May 12 conference meeting, according to the book. Only the nine justices attend conference meetings, which are held periodically. Hemingway, who wrote the book based on interviews with the justices and dozens of others, said at this point the majority opinion had been ready for months and only the dissents were outstanding.
Hemingway did not name the justices she interviewed because they spoke on background, but she told Fox News Digital she spoke with most of them.
«Alito asked the dissenters to make the completion of their dissents their priority because delay of the decision was a security threat,» Hemingway wrote. «Abortion supporters had an incentive to kill one or more of the justices in the majority to change the outcome. The dissenters demurred. [Justice Neil] Gorsuch spoke up, asking for a date by which they might be done. They would not give a date.»
Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway during Fox News appearance. (Fox News Channel )
The landmark opinion, overturning Roe 5-4 and upholding a Mississippi law 6-3 that banned most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, was released June 24, 2022. An investigative report by the New York Times detailed an internal effort spearheaded by Chief Justice John Roberts, the lone conservative to object to dismantling Roe, and Breyer to flip one conservative in the months leading up to the decision. Breyer had been eyeing Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the outlet reported.
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Hemingway’s book sheds new light on those internal deliberations, which came against the backdrop of heightened polarization over the decades-long fight over Roe.
«Everyone knew that the leak posed a serious security risk for justices. Since decisions do not take effect until issued officially from the bench, the death of a justice before then could alter the result. The threat of assassination increased dramatically.»
The Supreme Court’s draft opinion, authored by Alito, was published May 2 in Politico, representing a stunning breach of the high court’s rules. The leaker’s identity remains unknown to this day.
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«In the ensuing weeks, hundreds of pregnancy centers, churches, and pro-life organizations would be vandalized, some even set ablaze,» Hemingway wrote of the fallout.
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Intensas lluvias en Costa Rica afectan zonas de Matina, Sarapiquí y Tortuguero, con familias evacuadas y comunidades aisladas
Las intensas precipitaciones de las últimas horas han provocado inundaciones y afectaciones significativas en Matina, Sarapiquí y Tortuguero, zonas ubicadas en las provincias de Limón y Heredia. Según reportes de El Observador, cuerpos de emergencia mantienen operaciones activas para evacuar y asistir a decenas de personas damnificadas, entre ellas menores, adultos mayores y mujeres embarazadas.
De acuerdo con información difundida por El Observador, la Comisión Nacional de Emergencia (CNE) confirmó este domingo la atención prioritaria en Matina de Limón, donde el desbordamiento de un río en Finca Estrada dejó incomunicadas a 22 personas. Equipos de la Cruz Roja Costarricense y el Cuerpo de Bomberos se desplazaron al sitio desde la madrugada para ejecutar labores de rescate y traslado a zonas seguras. Entre los evacuados, resalta el caso de una adulta mayor en condición de encamamiento, quien recibió atención especializada.
El presidente de la CNE, Alejandro Picado, indicó que en Matina se habilitó un albergue temporal para las familias afectadas. Además, la institución reportó el rescate de cuatro personas en Bristol de Matina y la atención a una mujer embarazada en Batán. Según El Observador, la Cruz Roja informó que se logró evacuar a 16 personas, mientras continúan los esfuerzos para asistir a quienes permanecen aislados.
La misma fuente detalló que en Sarapiquí, provincia de Heredia, la situación se mantiene bajo vigilancia permanente. El Comité Municipal de Emergencias realiza monitoreo constante de los ríos, que presentan niveles elevados debido a las lluvias persistentes desde la madrugada. El presidente de la CNE señaló la importancia de este seguimiento, ya que el crecimiento de los cauces representa un riesgo para las comunidades cercanas.
En Tortuguero, ubicado en el cantón de Pococí, los reportes recabados por El Observador dan cuenta de precipitaciones intensas, vientos fuertes y oleaje considerable. El Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) advirtió sobre la continuidad de las lluvias en la región del Caribe, así como sobre la saturación de suelos en cuencas vulnerables, especialmente en el cantón de Turrialba. La advertencia incluye la posibilidad de desbordamiento de ríos y quebradas, con más del 95% de saturación del suelo en zonas montañosas.
Durante la jornada del sábado, la municipalidad de Turrialba reportó emergencias por la crecida de ríos, situación que puso en riesgo varias viviendas. El alcalde, Carlos Hidalgo, informó que al menos cuatro casas quedaron al borde del cauce por el aumento repentino del nivel del agua.
El IMN pronosticó para este domingo una disminución gradual de los vientos, pero no descartó la presencia de lluvias en distintos puntos del país, con aguaceros de intensidad variable en el Caribe y el este del Valle Central. Para la tarde, se prevén precipitaciones más intensas en la vertiente del Pacífico y sectores montañosos, acompañadas de tormenta eléctrica.
El monitoreo de emergencias se extiende a otras comunidades de Limón, como Siquirres, Hamburgo, Islona y Dos Bocas. Además, el río Sixaola en Talamanca mostró niveles elevados, según los reportes recogidos por El Observador. Las operaciones de la Cruz Roja y los bomberos continúan en las zonas impactadas, con equipos desplegados para atender las necesidades urgentes de la población.
Las autoridades recomiendan a los habitantes de estas regiones estar atentos a los comunicados oficiales y mantener precaución ante el riesgo de inundaciones y deslizamientos.
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Every member of the «Squad,» an informal left-wing congressional caucus, has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed ahead of Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, according to his campaign website.
The Squad is made up of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Summer Lee, D-Pa., Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., and Greg Casar, D-Texas.
Many of the squad’s current and former members have past or ongoing affiliations with the Democratic Socialists of America, an organization El-Sayed is attempting to distance himself from as he attempts to moderate ahead of a swing-state general election.
The unified endorsements sharpen the ideological stakes of the Tuesday primary, linking El-Sayed to the party’s most prominent progressive bloc even as he rejects the socialist label and seeks to present himself as a viable candidate in a battleground state. The support also gives Republicans an early line of attack should El-Sayed defeat the more centrist Stevens and advance to the general election.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is among the members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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«The entire Squad has now endorsed Abdul El-Sayed to carry on its radical, socialist, anti-American agenda in the U.S. Senate, and they will be rejected by Michiganders at the ballot box,» National Republican Senatorial Committee regional press secretary Samantha Cantrell told Fox News Digital.
Casar was the most recent Squad member to endorse El-Sayed, throwing his support behind him Thursday.
«Abdul El-Sayed is showing what it means to run a bold, pro-working class campaign,» Casar said. «House progressives need strong partners in the Senate in order to put money in your pocket, get money out of politics, and win Medicare for All. I’m proud to endorse Abdul.»
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Every member of the «Squad,» an informal left-wing congressional caucus, has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed ahead of Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. (Sarah Rice/Getty Images)
Casar, Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib and Lee all have current or former Democratic Socialists of America affiliations. El-Sayed at one point even appeared at a Democratic Socialists of America event alongside Tlaib.
El-Sayed headlined that event, a fundraiser that brought in roughly $10,000 for the Detroit Democratic Socialists of America, and was photographed next to Tlaib behind a table with a poster on it depicting a hand labeled «DSA» choking a snake labeled «capitalism.»
The Michigan Senate hopeful attended and spoke at six Democratic Socialists of America events between 2017 and 2020, Fox News Digital previously reported. Organizers affiliated with the socialist organization have described El-Sayed as «a longtime friend of Detroit DSA.»
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and Sen. Bernie Sanders join hands following a campaign rally on July 18, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Despite pulling in endorsements from socialists and his longtime association with the Democratic Socialists of America, El-Sayed rejects the socialist label and has distanced himself from the group.
«I’m not technically or practically DSA,» El-Sayed told The Wall Street Journal in early July.
In an interview with CNN, he said, «I am not somebody who is a socialist. I believe in capitalism, I just believe that capitalism has to be regulated.»
El-Sayed faces off against Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary Tuesday. Stevens is widely viewed as the more centrist of the two. Polls generally show El-Sayed leading Stevens by a comfortable margin, according to the New York Times.
The El-Sayed campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
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