In a letter to lawmakers, the Supreme Court defended Justice Samuel Alito against an allegation that he leaked a 2014 SCOTUS ruling in a landmark religious liberty case.
— after Donald and Gayle Wright, two donors to Schenck's evangelical nonprofit, shared a meal with Alito and his wife, the Times reported.was "falseMonday's letter from Ethan Torrey, legal counsel to the court, to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Hank Johnson was in response to the two lawmaker's previous letter to the courtJustice Alito has said that neither he nor Mrs.
"Gail Wright has denied Mr. Schenck’s allegation in multiple interviews, saying the account given by Mr. Schenck was 'patently not true'," the letter continues. "Mr. Schenck’s allegation that Justice Alito or Mrs. Alito gave the Wrights advance word about the outcome in Hobby Lobby or the authorship of the Court's opinion is also uncorroborated."After the Times published the story, Whitehouse and Johnson joined Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin in calling for legislation requiring a code of ethics for Supreme Court justices.
The allegation over the leaked 2014 decision came after the draft opinion of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization — which was also written by Alito — was
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