Progressive groups are demanding an investigation into recent allegations that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leaked the outcome of the landmark Hobby Lobby 2014 case to evangelical lobbyists weeks before the decision was officially announced.
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decision that rocked the country in May: Both leaks involved landmark cases surrounding fundamental reproductive rights, and both leaks emboldened right-wing activists who had been fighting for the erosion of those rights.that the connections between the two cases aren’t coincidental. Alito has denied Schenck’s account.
Further, the alleged leak was only one incident in a long and close relationship that Faith and Action enjoyed with Alito and fellow right-wingers Justice Clarence Thomas and deceased Justice Antonin Scalia.
“This lobbying effort by Faith and Action, as well as the apparent acquiescence of Justices Alito, Thomas and Scalia to it, pose serious ethical concerns and serve as a stark reminder that Supreme Court justices must be held to account,” they continued. “It is a disservice to the American people that the justices of our highest Court are not bound by a code of ethics, unlike every other federal judge in the country.
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