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GOP drawing battle lines over bringing Alito 'leak' source to Senate
by Kaelan Deese, Supreme Court Reporter |
November 30, 2022 04:00 AM

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are drawing out battle lines over progressive calls to subpoena a former anti-abortion minister who claimed Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leaked a 2014 opinion.

The minister, the Rev. Rob Schenck, told the New York Times earlier this month that he learned of the court's 2014 decision on Burwell v. Hobby Lobby weeks in advance from people close to Alito. This prompted a Nov. 20 joint letter from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), chairmen of the Senate and House judiciary courts subcommittees, respectively, asking the high court for explanations. However, the court's attorney, Ethan Torrey, strongly reaffirmed Alito's previous denial of Schenck's claims in a Monday response, writing, "There is nothing to suggest that Justice Alito’s actions violated ethics standards."

But on Tuesday, Whitehouse and Johnson didn't back down. "The Court’s letter is an embodiment of the problems at the Court around ethics issues," the pair of lawmakers wrote in a joint statement. They have been backed by the Senate's committee chairman, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), who maintained the panel is "reviewing these serious allegations." Alito, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, vehemently denied such claims on Nov. 19, the day the original report was published.

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