Supreme Court Leak Probe Leaves Mystery: Were Justices Queried?

The US Supreme Court’s inconclusive report on the source of last year’s leaked draft opinion showed the limits of its ability to investigate itself and doesn’t squarely address a critical question: Were the justices ever questioned?

The court won’t say, spurring a fresh round of doubt about the institution’s chances of rebuilding record low public trust.

The investigation, led by the court marshal, failed to find not only who was responsible for the unprecedented leak of an imminent ruling overturning abortion rights, but also how the document made its way from the courthouse to Politico, which broke the story. In ...