In speaking with a biologically female friend, she commented how she knows many men who are upset by the draft, always vote on the "right" side of issues, etc., but none cried with her hearing about this draft. The author's being a straight, white male could potentially also lead him into dismissing justices or clerks too quickly.
>Justices understand that they don’t always end up in the majority. Clerks rely on these jobs as a calling card for the rest of their careers. To be exposed as a leaker would amount to setting that future career on fire. It’s not worth the risk.
To Matthew Broderick, certainly, this risk isn't worth it. To a woman or minority who is genuinely afraid of the consequences for either themselves or can immediately put themselves in the shoes of those who it could harm? I don't know. Maybe it is worth it if they think that public outcry could sway a justice, particularly one who has previously and recently talked about it being settled precedent even if it may come at the cost of her career.