Wisconsin’s high court is taking steps to discover the source of a local media outlet’s report that it will hear a case over whether the state constitution protects a right to abortion.
Chief Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler announced the investigation on a brief statement posted on the court’s website Thursday, saying “the entire court was shocked to learn that a confidential draft document was ostensibly leaked to the press.” Law enforcement has been requested to perform a full investigation to identify the source of the leak, Ziegler said.
The news broke after the US Supreme Court on Wednesday inadvertently posted ...
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