By Patrick Marley and Jason SteinConservatives had viewed getting the U.S. Supreme Court to accept the case as important. Five groups, including the Center for Competitive Politics and the Cato Institute, filed friend-of-the-court briefs in the unsuccessful effort to get the high court to take it up.While the ruling means the end of this litigation, other lawsuits persist. The club is also involved in two challenges to the probe in state court — one of the ones before the state Supreme Court and another before a Waukesha County judge.“The (U.S.) Supreme Court’s decision not to hear our claims does not change the fact that the only court to review the John Doe investigation found it to be an abuse of civil liberties and First Amendment rights,” O’Keefe said in a statement that referred to the ruling by Randa that has been tossed out.
