Constitutional Law Prof Turley Demolishes Top Dem Over Claim SCOTUS Tipped Off Pro-Life Demonstrators

Top House Democrat Rep. Jackie Speier made the inflammatory claim, without evidence, that members of the Supreme Court tipped off pro-life demonstrators prior to the release of the decision that reversed Roe v. Wade.

We assume she made this absurd and false claim to further inflame the mobs (domestic terrorists) that are wreaking havoc across the country simply because the Supreme Court made a decision they disagree with.

Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley demolishes Speier’s claim in a twitter thread while simultaneously defending the Congresswoman’s right to free speech and her right to spread disinformation online if she wishes.

Turley starts by restating Speier’s inflammatory claim:

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) told MSNBC yesterday that she believed that the Supreme Court “tipped off” pro-life demonstrators about the release of the opinion in advance…

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) June 25, 2022

…“I went over to the Supreme Court early, and the only people that were there were the protestors who were pro-birth, not pro-life, and I thought they had been tipped off.”…

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) June 25, 2022

…She continued by saying “There aren’t any pro-choice people here yet, and these folks were there. So, I do. I believe they were tipped off. I don’t have any evidence of that.”

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) June 25, 2022

Turley then lets Speier have it with both barrels, although he did so diplomatically by saying “There is of course another possibility beyond a conspiracy:”

…There is of course another possibility beyond a conspiracy. Most of us were preparing for the release of the decision as more likely than not. That is why those other people in front of the Court were media…

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) June 25, 2022

Turley then goes for the jugular by pointing out Rep. Speier’s hypocrisy regarding the spread of so called “disinformation:”

…Rep. Speier has lashed out at the media for running statements without establishing their truth. https://t.co/SwJFTwWT2v

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) June 25, 2022

…She called for real-time fact checking by networks to stop the airing of misinformation. https://t.co/TFtcl54KXl

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) June 25, 2022

Finally Turley ends this thread by mocking Speier’s claim while defending Speier’s right to free speech online:

…The only true element in this conspiracy statement is the admission that she has no evidence to support it. Yet, I still would be opposed to censoring or blocking such statements as disinformation. https://t.co/jdSsYsCaOP

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) June 25, 2022

Jonathon Turley nails this one, too bad no Democrat would ever appoint him to the Supreme Court where he might be able to do a lot more good than he is now.

Democrats like Jackie Speier should be ashamed for spreading fear and lies over the Supreme Court’s decision to reverse Roe, but they seem to have no capacity for shame, only a raw lust for power at any cost.

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