Bombshell report on right-wing influence on Supreme Court prompts calls for investigation

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Advocates for court reform on Saturday called for Congress to investigate allegations that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leaked a 2014 ruling to a right-wing donor, after The New York Times reported on the claim by a former leader of the pro-forced pregnancy movement.

Rev. Ron Schenck led an evangelical Christian nonprofit organization in 2014 when the court ruled on Hobby Lobby v. Burwell, which allowed religious organizations to deny employees healthcare coverage for contraception.

The Times spent months investigating Schenck’s claim—which he also detailed in a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts in June—that Alito leaked the court’s decision in the case to one of his top donors, three weeks before the ruling was publicly announced.

Schenck used his knowledge of the ruling to “prepare a public relations push,” the Times reported, as well as telling the president of Hobby Lobby about it.

During his time as a crusader against abortion rights—an issue on which he’s since changed his viewpoint—Schenck “recruited wealthy donors… encouraging them to invite some of the justices to meals, to their vacation homes, or to private clubs. He advised allies to contribute money to the Supreme Court Historical Society and then mingle with justices at its functions,” reported the Times. “He ingratiated himself with court officials who could help give him access, records show.”

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