A conservative evangelical minister testifying before a House committee came under personal attacks from Republican members of Congress angry that he has accused U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito of leaking news of a 2014 decision ahead of time.
Virginia"Ginni" Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
The GOP has gained a 6-3 conservative majority as a result, and liberals have grown increasingly disheartened by the court’s rulings in cases involving corporate interests, voting rights and other issues, in addition to the momentous issue of abortion. After the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion this past summer in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, threats of violence have been made against the conservative justices, and protests have been held outside their homes.near Kavanaugh’s home in June, carrying a pistol, ammunition and a knife, and federal search warrants revealed that he had told others he planned to kill at least one justice and as many as three.
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