The heaviest rain is likely to fall in Rhode Island and southern and eastern Massachusetts, Pederson said. Localized nuisance flooding and difficult driving conditions are possible Thursday, and catastrophic flooding is not expected.
“All available leads have been thoroughly pursued, and no suspects have been positively identified at this time,” the report said. It added that there was no evidence that the leak was the result of a breach of the court’s computer system.The report did conclude that the draft order had been forwarded to the personal email account of Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, one of the four liberal justices on the court who voted to hear the abortion case.
Bradley’s law clerk told investigators that forwarding important documents to Bradley’s personal email account was standard operating procedure.That was the only time prior to publication of the Wisconsin Watch article that the draft order was forwarded to an email outside of the state court system, the report said.Bradley did not return an email on Wednesday asking about the report. Wisconsin Watch declined to comment.
Bradley is retiring at the end of her term in August. She is being replaced by Dane County Circuit Judge Susan Crawford, whoin April, ensuring that liberals will maintain their 4-3 majority.
Missing computer data hindered the investigation, the report said. The logs showing websites visited in the two weeks leading up to the Wisconsin Watch story about the leaked order were incomplete, the report said. Only logs from June 26 and June 27 were available, not from June 13 through June 26 as requested. The article was published on June 26.
The lack of those website visitation logs “significantly hampered the ability to thoroughly examine the circumstances surrounding the leak,” the report said. “The issue underscores the importance of proper data management, retention, and verification procedures, especially when such information is crucial for ongoing investigations.”has ceased providing either surgical or medical abortions since Feb. 28 because of the laws.
One of the laws requires abortion clinics — specifically Wellspring Health Access in Casper as the state’s only abortion clinic — to be licensed as outpatient surgical centers.Getting licensed would require costly renovations, clinic officials say. The law also requires the Wellspring Health Access physicians to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital even though that facility is under no obligation to grant such a request.
The other new law requires patients to have an ultrasound at least 48 hours before receiving a medication abortion. While attorneys for the state argue the Legislature has wide regulatory discretion to prevent rare mishaps during abortions, the women and nonprofits argue that ultrasounds are a costly and burdensome requirement.A judge in Casper is considering a request by the clinic and the others to suspend the new laws while their lawsuit proceeds.