Democrat lawmakers are demanding answers from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts about the alleged leak of a decision in 2014.
The heads of the Senate and House of Representative committees on the courts, in a letter dated Nov. 20 and released Monday, asked Roberts for answers after a reverend came forward and said he received secret information about the looming Burwell v. Hobby Lobby decision years ago.
Rev. Rob L. Schenck, a former pro-life leader, says that he learned of the outcome in the case three weeks before it was made public from an activist, Gayle Wright, who had dined with her husband, Justice Samuel Alito, and Alito’s wife at the Alito home. Schenck sent a letter to Roberts in July giving a summary of the allegation and offering to cooperate fully with Supreme Court officials….