Rights group calls for Samuel Alito to be investigated after claims of leaked 2014 ruling
by Edward Helmore from US news | The Guardian on (#660WN)
Anti-abortion activist said supreme court justice revealed the landmark ruling on contraception and religious rights weeks earlier
A civil rights group issued a call Saturday for US supreme court justice Samuel Alito to be investigated over allegations that the judge leaked a 2014 landmark ruling involving contraception and religious rights at a private dinner with wealthy political donors.
The claim was contained in a New York Times article in which minister Rob Schenck, an anti-abortion activist, said he was told of the decision weeks before it was announced and had used the information to prepare a public relations push.
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