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Justice alito said there s nothing untoward happening here. saying my wife and i became acquainted with the wrights some years ago because of their strong support for the wait for it the supreme court historical society. and since then, we ve had a casual and purely social relationship. but not everybody agrees with that. on november 20th, senator sheldon in the white house and congressman jensen wrote a letter asking the court to look into the court s conduct and determine whether justice alito or any other justices violented the events described. and yesterday, they received a letter in response to the court s legal counsel, a man named ethan tory which pointedly ignored the questions put to the lawmakers. and also which justices might have been wined and dined as part of reverend schenk s elaborate scheme. ....
Alito and his wife. the new york times reviewed a strain of emails and conversations that seemed to support his claims. the hobby lobby decision was the conservative court s first major signal that it was willing to pursue an aggressively political right-wing religious agenda when it comes to reproductive rights. and we all know how that ended. justice alito issued a statement in response to the claims, writing the allegation that the wrights were told of the outcome of the decision in the hobby lobby case or the authorship of the opinion by the court is completely false. it s unknown whether he issued the statement while twirling a sinister mustache, but beating the hand that extinguished roe v. wade empowered alito. it overturned half a century of precedent, called roe egregiously wrong and a weak argument. he cited centuries old common law, categorizing a woman who received an abortion after quickening as a murderess and then he took a victory lap. ....
My wife, is completely false. in his written statement, justice alito admits that the wrights bought their way into his home. my wife and i became acquainted with the wrights some years ago because of their strong support for the supreme court historical society, and since then, we have had a casual and purely social relationship. strong support for the supreme court historical society, in other words money. strong support is money. massive amounts of money pumped into the supreme court historical society by donald wright and his wife, gayle. that money is the only reason samuel alito knows those people. that money is the only reason ....
Mr. schenck said mrs. wright told him that the decision would be favorable to hobby lobby, and the justice alito had written the majority opinion. he used that information to prepare a public relations bush, records show, and he said that, at the last minute, he tipped off the president of hobby lobby, the craft store chain, owned by christian evangelicals, that was the winning party in the case. justice alito has now done something that clarence thomas has never done, justice alito is publicly denying the allegation against him, in a written statement to the new york times. samuel alito said, the allegation that the rights were told the outcome of the decision in the hobby lobby case, or the authorship of the opinion of the court, by me or my wife, is completely false. in his written statement, justice alito admits that the wrights bought their way into his home. my wife and i became acquainted with the wrights some years ago because of their strong support for the supreme court histo ....
Samuel alito issued a really strong statement denying the new york times story. he said in part, i never directed any effort on the part of the wrights to obtain confidential information or influence anything i did in either a official or private capacity and i would have strongly objected if they had done so. cnn reached out to wright and she said the story the new york times patently false. but what s interesting about this story is it may not just be about this particular leak and whether it happened, but the fact that there was this behind the scenes effort to try to influence the court. that feels very political and that causes the justices and court watchers in general consternation because if the public thinks that the supreme court is just another political body, they may dismiss how important their decisions are and may not even follow them. that s the import of this story. ariane de vogue, cnn, washington. ....