Supreme Court Wraps Up Dobbs-Leak Investigation

The Supreme Court has announced, in a 20-page public report, that it has essentially wrapped up the Dobbs-leak investigation and . . . the leaker has gotten away with it.

This is enraging, and is yet another instance of elite impunity in the nation’s capital, where abuses of power — especially those that target conservatives — are rarely punished. The leak had real, foreseeable consequences: It triggered protests at the conservative justices’ homes and even an assassination attempt against Justice Brett Kavanaugh. It gave Michigan Democrats a head start in organizing and getting a proposition on abortion on the November ballot. The leak was roundly condemned by conservatives outside the Court and cheered by many progressives, a number of whom then publicly argued against clerks’ cooperating with the leak investigation. We still do not know who the leaker was, but cui bono? Certainly, everyone on all sides of the political commentariat acted as if they believed that this came from an opponent of the final outcome.

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The Supreme Court has announced, in a 20-page public report, that it has essentially wrapped up the Dobbs-leak investigation and . . . the leaker has gotten away with it.

This is enraging, and is yet another instance of elite impunity in the nation’s capital, where abuses of power — especially those that target conservatives — are rarely punished. The leak had real, foreseeable consequences: It triggered protests at the conservative justices’ homes and even an assassination attempt against Justice Brett Kavanaugh. It gave Michigan Democrats a head start in organizing and getting a proposition on abortion on the November ballot. The leak was roundly condemned by conservatives outside the Court and cheered by many progressives, a number of whom then publicly argued against clerks’ cooperating with the leak investigation. We still do not know who the leaker was, but cui bono? Certainly, everyone on all sides of the political commentariat acted as if they believed that this came from an opponent of the final outcome.