Jonathan Turley says the SCOTUS report about Dobbs leak 'is almost as chilling as the leak itself'

As Twitchy just reported, the Supreme Court has issued its report on its investigation to find the person who leaked the draft Dobbs decision to the public, and it came up short: the court was unable to find the person, with the caveat that the justices did not investigate themselves or their spouses.

How many people could it have possibly been? We were told just how tightly the court controls the handling of such documents. There are only so many clerks who would have handled such a thing.

Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley says the court’s inability to find the leaker is “almost as chilling as the leak itself.”

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…

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) January 19, 2023

…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…

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) January 19, 2023

…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…

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) January 19, 2023

…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…

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) January 19, 2023

…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. https://t.co/2rggctrUQm

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) January 19, 2023

This is a scam, an attempt to paper over a major transgression. Cell phone records would be enough to identify the culprit. Even anonymized data can be used to correctly identify someone with 90% accuracy with but 4 random pieces of info. Sad fact: the FBI and SCOTUS said "No!"

— R2S (@Ryno_Report) January 19, 2023

What matters is that the leaker is still there and apparently will face no consequences, which as Turley says, fails to provide any deterrent.

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