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莫莉·海明威新书《阿利托》披露此次对峙事件，2022年保守派大法官曾面临暗杀威胁
作者：阿什利·奥利弗 福克斯新闻
首次披露于福克斯新闻： 据一本新书披露，2022年多布斯案判决意见泄密事件后，大法官埃琳娜·卡根的情绪彻底失控，据称她朝大法官斯蒂芬·布雷耶怒吼的声音“大到墙都在晃”，多名目击者证实了这一点。
福克斯新闻数字频道提前审阅了保守派作家、福克斯新闻撰稿人莫莉·海明威即将于本周二出版的新书《阿利托》，书中详细记述了这起对峙事件，以及围绕泄密事件的其他紧张时刻。此次泄密引发了大规模抗议活动，并针对当年预计会推翻“罗伊诉韦德案”的五名保守派大法官发出死亡威胁。
当时最高法院在堕胎问题上的深层分歧已显露无遗，但新书披露，原本团结一致的自由派大法官阵营内部也出现了分裂。
海明威写道，由奥巴马任命的卡根在2022年5月闭门质问由克林顿任命的布雷耶，此前至少有一名大法官——塞缪尔·阿利托——曾要求自由派同僚加快撰写异议意见书，原因是安全威胁。布雷耶是最有可能同意阿利托请求的人，海明威写道。
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大法官埃琳娜·卡根、退休大法官斯蒂芬·布雷耶（图源：艾琳·沙夫、埃文·武奇-泳池/盖蒂图片社）
“尽管布雷耶并未表示会为了保护身处险境的大法官而加快提交异议书，但他是自由派阵营中最愿意配合的人，”海明威写道，“他在司法理念上极度自由派，与多数派判决意见存在强烈分歧，但他仍是一位绅士，也是最高法院所有人的朋友。卡根怒斥布雷耶不要向多数派妥协，据目击者描述，她怒吼的声音‘大到墙都在晃’。”
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系布雷耶的代表以及最高法院新闻办公室，寻求其对这本书的置评。
当时的安全威胁极为严峻，支持堕胎权的抗议者频繁出现在保守派大法官的住所附近。泄密事件发生后不久，司法部长梅里克·加兰下令美国法警局为所有大法官提供全天候安保，但他遭到了批评，因为尽管有法律禁止“在联邦法官住所附近纠察或游行以影响司法判决”，当局仍未逮捕抗议者。
2022年6月，在最高法院作出判决前，一名携带手枪、刀具和盗窃工具的嫌疑人在大法官布雷特·卡瓦诺的住所附近被捕。这名现名索菲的尼古拉斯·罗斯克后来承认企图谋杀最高法院大法官，被判处有争议的八年监禁，司法部目前正在对此判决提起上诉。
刺杀卡瓦诺大法官的未遂凶手被判八年监禁
最高法院大法官塞缪尔·阿利托（图源：艾琳·沙夫/《纽约时报》via 美联社）
“随着抗议活动持续，阿利托一家被转移到安全地点，”海明威写道，“大法官巴雷特不得不当着大部分仍住在家里的孩子穿上防弹背心。”
书中提到，卡根与布雷耶的激烈争执发生在5月12日的全体大法官会议之后，布雷耶原定于2022年6月退休。只有九名大法官可以参加定期召开的全体会议。海明威基于对大法官和数十名其他人士的采访撰写了这本书，她表示当时多数派判决意见书已经准备就绪数月，仅剩异议意见书尚未完成。
海明威没有透露她采访过的大法官姓名，因为他们是在背景保密的前提下接受访谈的，但她告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，她与大部分大法官都进行过交谈。
“阿利托要求异议撰写者优先完成异议书，因为推迟判决会带来安全威胁，”海明威写道，“堕胎支持者有动机杀害或伤害一名或多名多数派大法官，以改变判决结果。异议撰写者们拒绝了。[大法官尼尔]戈萨奇率先发言，要求他们给出一个完成异议书的截止日期，但他们没有给出。”
福克斯新闻撰稿人莫莉·海明威做客福克斯新闻频道（图源：福克斯新闻频道）
这项具有里程碑意义的判决以5票赞成、4票反对推翻了“罗伊诉韦德案”，并以6票赞成、3票反对维持了密西西比州禁止怀孕15周后绝大多数堕胎行为的法律，该判决于2022年6月24日公布。《纽约时报》的一篇调查报告详细披露了首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨——唯一反对废除“罗伊案”的保守派大法官——和布雷耶在判决前数月内试图拉拢一名保守派大法官的内部努力。据该报报道，布雷耶当时看中的是大法官布雷特·卡瓦诺。
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海明威的新书为这些内部审议提供了新视角，而这些审议发生在围绕“罗伊案”长达数十年的斗争导致两极分化加剧的背景下。
“所有人都知道泄密事件会给大法官带来严重的安全风险。由于判决只有在法庭正式宣布后才生效，在此之前大法官若遇刺身亡可能会改变判决结果。暗杀威胁急剧上升。”
由阿利托起草的最高法院判决意见书草稿于5月2日在《政客》杂志公布，这严重违反了最高法院的内部规定。泄密者的身份至今仍是个谜。
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“在随后的几周里，数百家堕胎服务中心、教堂和反堕胎组织遭到破坏，其中一些甚至被纵火，”海明威在谈及泄密事件的后续影响时写道。
阿什利·奥利弗是福克斯新闻数字频道和福克斯商业频道的记者，负责报道司法部和法律事务。如需提供新闻线索，请发送邮件至ashley.oliver@fox.com。
Kagan screamed so loudly at liberal ally after Dobbs leak the ‘wall was shaking,’ book claims
April 18, 2026 9:00am EDT / Fox News
Mollie Hemingway’s book ‘Alito’ details the confrontation as conservative justices faced assassination threats in 2022
By Ashley Oliver Fox News
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.
Ashley Oliver is a reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business, covering the Justice Department and legal affairs. Email story tips to ashley.oliver@fox.com.