The Supreme Court released a report stating that, after an internal investigation, the leaker of a draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade last year could not be identified.
The report (pdf) on Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley’s investigation was issued midday Jan. 19.
The Supreme Court ruled on June 24, 2022, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that there is no constitutional right to abortion, overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 precedent that legalized abortion nationwide. The Dobbs ruling returned the regulation of abortion to the states.
Five conservative justices voted to reverse Roe. Chief Justice John Roberts, also considered a conservative, voted to uphold the restrictive Mississippi abortion law in question but wrote he would not have overturned Roe….