Justice Alito is accused of leaking 2014 Supreme Court landmark ruling

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr., who slammed the Roe v. Wade leak, was accused himself of revealing the high court’s 2014 landmark ruling involving contraception and religious rights. 

The case, ruled 5-4, allowed for-profit employers with religious objections to opt out of providing contraception coverage under Obamacare.  

Rev. Rob Schenck, who backed the high court’s ruling, revealed that he and his associates acquired the decision before it was published after a visit to Alito’s home, the New York Times reports. 

Schenck detailed the leak in a letter sent to Chief Justice John Roberts after the judge ordered an investigation into the leak of Alito’s draft opinion regarding the overturn of Roe v. Wade that led to protests around the nation. 

At a recent event at a conservative think tank, Alito said the leak of the draft opinion that overturned the constitutional right to abortion made majority justices ‘targets for assassination’. 

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. (pictured) was accussed of revealing the high court’s 2014 landmark ruling involving contraception and religious rights

Rev. Rob Schenck (above), an Evangelical leader who operated the nonprofit Faith and Action group in Washington D.C., said two of his donors dined with Justice Alito and learned of the court’s 2014 decision, allowing Schenkc to prepare a public relations push to support it

Schenck appointed donors to attend dinner parties with conservative justices in order to get close to the Supreme Court. Pictured: Schenck (left) together with Alito (right) 

In his letter to Roberts, Schenck, an Evangelical leader who operated the nonprofit Faith and Action group in Washington D.C., revealed that two of his donors dined with Alito in June prior to the court announcing its decision later that month.

Reports indicate that the pair who met with Alito was Don and Gayle Wright, an Ohio couple Schenck appointed to attend dinner parties with conservative justices as part of the reverend’s efforts to get close to the Supreme Court.   

‘She suggested that in their table conversation, she might be able to learn the status of the case, something she knew had an interest in knowing,’ Schenck wrote. ‘I received a follow-up message from her notifying me she had indeed obtained the information during that visit.’

Through the information received, the reverend said he was able to mount a public relations push in support of the decision favoring religious rights. 

He also admitted to passing on the leak to Steve Green, the CEO of Hobby Lobby, the craft store owned by Evangelicals at the center of the 2014 case. 

In a statement through a spokesperson, Alito acknowledged that he did have dinner with the Wrights in June, but denied ever disclosing the decision. 

‘[The] allegation that the Wrights 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.’ Alito said. 

Neither Hobby Lobby nor Gayle immediately responded to DailyMail.com’s request for comment. Don passed away in 2020. 

Pictured: Schenck’s letter to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts 

The Roe v. Wade leak sparked protests across the nation and in front of the Supreme Court, with extra security added after the conservative judges’ homes were targeted 

This is a developing story.