Justice Alito leaked Hobby Lobby decision early in 2014 to donors

[Travel Hat]

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Also Roberts knew about it sense this past June.

[Mike Nelson]

1. Hmm...

... I wonder why Roberts has not asked Thomas and Alito to resign immediately? Maybe it's slipped his mind?

[Baitball Blogger]

4. +1

[KPN]

18. +2!

[Polybius]

46. Maybe he has

Not that it would do any good. Roberts has no power to get rid of them.

[In It to Win It]

2. Legal Twitter is lighting up right now

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Is it worth joining Twitter to learn more?

[In It to Win It]

6. No. Its all in the NYT article

[Travel Hat]

33. Go down to post 12. Archived version of the article.

[cilla4progress]

36. Thanks!

Disgusting....USSC

[Maraya1969]

8. What I am seeing on my Twitter is a bunch of right winged nut jobs filling up the page. It used to

be that you saw the people that you followed but now it is all f'd up. I'd say wait a few days. Someone posted about a new social media called Mastodon or something like that. Maybe liberals will move over there.

And Elon Musk if every 5th tweet! I guess I would have to block him to get him out but I wonder if he disabled that - for himself.

[In It to Win It]

10. FWIW

I only see the people I follow, who are just a bunch of very credible lawyers.

[sdfernando]

45. This is how systems start to fail

Odd issues start to crop up and get more frequent and more serious as time goes on. No one left at twatter to maintain the platform. At some point it will crash and may not be recoverable.

[cilla4progress]

19. I'm on Mastodon

Still figuring it out!

So far I've found George Takei, Neil Gaiman, Barb McQuade, Maria Popova, to follow.

[onecaliberal]

29. I don't get how to sign up?

[cilla4progress]

32. Seems to be hung up this morning

But after multiple attempts I went with the website instead of the app.

[onecaliberal]

37. Thanks for the tip.

[cilla4progress]

38. Let us know

how it goes!

[onecaliberal]

41. Just signed up and followed the link on my email. Waiting to get approved.

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Update: I’m on. It’s like Twitter, but not. There are individual servers geared towards interests. You can see all posts in all
Of the communities for anyone you’re following. I’ve already found a few folks.

[Bev54]

47. Many have already moved to Mastodon.

[Maru Kitteh]

58. I went to Mastadon. Haven't been there much yet but it looks fine

[Docreed2003]

3. I'm honestly more concerned

About the fact that these justices are so chummy with evangelical nutter lobbyists

[blogslug]

9. Same

This paragraph was particularly gross:

...Mr. Schenck recruited wealthy donors like Mrs. Wright and her husband, Donald, 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. He ingratiated himself with court officials who could help give him access, records show...

[Docreed2003]

14. Agreed...that's just sickening

[Bernardo de La Paz]

25. Further there were the 4 J's at the Federalist Society banquet 'honoring' them for their decision.nt

[Lonestarblue]

26. There are so few Republicans who are not utterly corrupt. Their corruption now resides in the

majority on the Supreme Court. The SC has become a Republican bloc controlled by very rich Catholics who want to impose their religion on everyone else,

I have always thought that it was Alito who leaked the Dobbs draft, which is likely why we have heard nothing about who the leaker was. Had it been a clerk, the person probably would have been fired by now.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. Not only that, but Alito has the hypocrisy of whining about a lack of respect for the court. . . nt

[Docreed2003]

40. Very true!

[vanlassie]

50. This. Smarmy dishonest underhanded religious operative.

[spooky3]

52. Melissa Murray and others agree with you (on Twitter)

Murray is at NYU law school and is an MSNBC contributor.

[hunter]

63. By their own religion these "conservative" justices are the pharisees who persecuted Jesus.

If these clowns don't know this they are fuckwits.

If they do know it, they are evil.

None of them should be on the Supreme Court.

[lindysalsagal]

7. Impeach. I'm not kidding. This is bull crap. They don't give a rat's ass about the 1st amendment.

[a kennedy]

11. I know, that is entirely not acceptable behavior. 🤬 🤬 🤬

[Travel Hat]

13. He authored both the Hobby Lobby and the Dobbs decision

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[a kennedy]

15. Thanks for this and welcome to DU

[dalton99a]

12. Kick

https://archive.ph/vnZgM

[MontanaMama]

17. Wow.

This is crazy. Thanks for posting the article.

[barbtries]

16. SO unethical!

why am I shocked? I still can be shocked.

[yardwork]

20. The implication being that Alito leaked his Dobbs decision himself.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. Great minds think alike (and simultaneously in this case). Unless we are fools for not differing :)

[yardwork]

34. Diversity of thought is a strength!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

23. Of course he did

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. That means Alito leaked his opinion re abortion so that he could get some wider feedback. . . nt

[Travel Hat]

27. And this Ted Cruz earlier this summer

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[aggiesal]

28. File 13 ...

"File 13" is a euphemism for the trash can.

[Grins]

30. Add Alito to the removal of Thomas.

Roberts needs to tell both to resign. Biden should add his voice.

[Major Nikon]

39. Alito has a for-sale sign on his forehead

Selling out the SCOTUS is the absolute worst thing for America.

Thomas is stupid and his wife is batshit crazy, but not in the same league as Alito.

[Stuart G]

35. Alito is on the "Supreme Court" for "Life"..He knows it would take an extraordinary circumstance to

get rid of him. There are some people that think they can get away with anything. If Alito is the leaker,
then getting rid of him will be very difficult, next to impossible. And Alito knows it, and he is proud of it.
It will be up to very intelligent leaders to determine the course of action in this case. I don't think that
a Justice on the Supreme Court has ever been impeached. Alito knows that too, and he cannot be forced
out. He is on the Court for the rest of his "Life." That is in the U.S. Constitution. Is that correct?

[malaise]

42. Important

K & R

[MontanaMama]

43. Alito is a sick fuck.

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He’s been obsessed with this for an unreasonable amount of time. There’s so much wrong with SCOTUS and with no leadership, nothing will be done.

[Ligyron]

44. Could the RWNJ's on the SCOTUS be reigned in through legislation??

Some certainly could use a little guidance on how to behave in a democracy.

[zorbasd]

48. What else to expect from that

Fascist pissant "not true" Alito.

[bringthePaine]

49. what's it take impeach & remove these frauds? ha! trick question! get it?

[Joinfortmill]

51. Not sure what can be done, but something needs to be.

[Marthe48]

53. And while this story comes to light

M$M covers the special prosecutor for investigating traitor.

Why not cover the venality and bias of people who interpret our laws? I don't remember any language in the Constitution of the U.S.A. that gives people the okay to get appointed to the U.S. supreme court and sell out to the highest bidder.

[TNNurse]

54. You can "gift" articles from NYT so anyone can read.

I put it on FB. I encourage others to share it wherever they can.

Anyone have contacts with big TV media??? It belongs on mass media wherever it can be.

He does not belong on any court much less this one.

[UTUSN]

55. K&R

[NoMoreRepugs]

56. If the story is published prior to the midterm elections might

it have made a difference? Thanks NYT.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

57. Justice Alito denies disclosing 2014 Hobby Lobby opinion in advance

Alito is a partisan hack who lies about everything. Alito lied about Roe being precedent and good law. Again, I am not surprised that a partisan hack like Alito would leak this opinion

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Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. denied an allegation from a former antiabortion activist that Alito or his wife disclosed to conservative donors the outcome of a pending 2014 case regarding contraceptives and religious rights.

The New York Times reported Saturday that Rob Schenck, who on his website identifies himself as a “once-right-wing religious leader but now dissenting evangelical voice,” said he was told the outcome of the case, Hobby Lobby v. Burwell, several weeks before it was announced. Schenck said a conservative donor to his organization relayed the information after a dinner with Alito, who wrote the majority opinion in the case, and the justice’s wife......

According to the Times, Schenck sent a letter to Roberts in June volunteering the information about the 2014 dinner with the Alitos, which he did not attend. He wrote that the “series of events” that he was disclosing “may impinge on the investigation you and your delegates are undertaking in connection with the leak of a draft opinion.”

Schenck told the Times that Roberts did not respond. A court spokeswoman declined to provide the letter or comment on the progress of the leak investigation......

“The Senate Judiciary Committee should immediately move to investigate the apparent leak by Justice Alito,” said Demand Justice executive director Brian Fallon. “The whistleblower in this report, Rev. Rob Schenck, should be called to testify about both the leak and the years-long lobbying effort he once led to cultivate Alito and other Republican justices.”

Fallon added: “It’s no wonder trust in the Court has hit a record low. Structural reform of the Court, including strict new ethics rules, is needed now more than ever.”

[Skittles]

59. as if we needed more proof the SC is dominated by hacks

[SharonAnn]

60. Not "hacks". Alito and others are Opus Dei cultists, radical, right-wing Catholics.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

62. There should absolutely be an impeachment inquiry and investigation

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