The Supreme Court's report indicates that they cannot isolate the culprit among the over 80 possible suspects for the Dobbs leak. It is an admission that is almost as chilling as the leak itself...
...It will likely revive concerns over whether the FBI should have been asked to take the lead on the investigation. The Court is only a few blocks from the world's leading forensic investigatory body...
...What is clear is that any hope for a deterrent on such unethical conduct has been dramatically reduced. Thus far, the culprit succeeded in not just leaking the opinion but evading detection...
...The proposed changes in security are unlikely to meaningfully reduce the danger of such leaks. The nature of the Court's work requires a free flow of drafts and memoranda. That is why we hope to achieve through deterrence what was not achieved through ethics...
...In this age of rage, this danger will only grow. Someone felt that they had license to leak. Some others may now feel that they have the impunity to do so. jonathanturley.org/2022/05/06/the…
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