Supreme Court officials ask court clerks for their cell phones to investigate the source of the Roe v. Wade

The search for the source of the leaked draft Supreme Court opinion that suggests it will overturn the Roe v.

Wade, who legalized abortion in 1973, steps up.

High court officials have required court clerks to provide their private cellphone records and sign affidavits, three sources with knowledge of the case told CNN.

Surprised by these measures, some secretaries have begun to study the possibility of hiring an

, according to the aforementioned media.

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wade]

"That's what similarly situated people would do in virtually any other government investigation," an appellate attorney with investigative experience told the outlet.

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The actions of the highest court are unprecedented, as is the leak to the Politico portal on May 2.

Following this leak, Chief Justice John Roberts met with court clerks as a group, CNN added.

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Lawyers outside the court with knowledge of the new investigations warn of the possible

in the

of the secretaries.

Six of the current nine Supreme Court justices are former court clerks.

The young lawyers selected each year to be are considered the elite of the elite;

each judge usually hires four.

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The day after the leak, the court said the draft does not represent the final position of any of its members, and Roberts ordered an investigation and appointed court bailiff Gail Cuerley to lead it.

"This was a 

that is an affront to the court and to the community of public servants who work here," he condemned then.

The increased scrutiny of court clerks reflects Roberts' concern about

and potential new leaks.

He also suggests that the court has so far been unsuccessful in determining Politico's source.

Conservative Clarence Thomas, who joined the court in 1991 and has long called for Roe v.

Wade described the leak two weeks ago as an

, NBC News reported.

“When that trust is lost, especially in the institution I'm in, it fundamentally changes the institution.

You start looking over your shoulder.

It's like a kind of infidelity that you can explain, but you can't undo, "said the magistrate at a conference in Dallas.

“You never visited the homes of Supreme Court justices when things didn't go our way.

We did not throw tantrums [...] it is up to us to always act appropriately and not return an eye for an eye, ”he said then.