Ex-Conservative Reverend Testifies That Samuel Alito Leaked Outcome Of 2014 Decision
The Times report led to a flurry of letters between the Supreme Court, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) on the court’s failure to adopt and abide by a binding ethics code, and a push from progressive groups for Congress to hold hearings on the subject. Whitehouse and Johnson run their respective chambers’ subcommittees overseeing the courts.
Schenck said he did not seek to bring his letter to Roberts to light at first. He only agreed to speak to the Times, which had already learned about his leak allegation, after he received no acknowledgement from Roberts about his letter to the court.
“I had written it principally out of a concern that a court subordinate would unfairly take the blame for the Dobbs leak, suffering draconian punishment,” Schenck said. “Yet, I knew a justice would face no consequence for such a breach.”