Jordan Rubin: The Supreme Court has basically been operating on an ethical honor system. Now, amid another alleged right-wing leak and an unusually steep trust deficit with the public, it's time the high court face an independent investigation.
One piece of evidence worth exploring is an email Wright reportedly sent to Schenck the day after the 2014 dinner in question. According to The Times, she wrote: “Rob, if you want some interesting news please call. No emails.” Schenck said Wright told him she had learned that Alito would be authoring the Hobby Lobby opinion in favor of the business.
Mrs. Wright said that while she did not have her calendars from those days, she believed the night in question involved a dinner at the Alitos’ home during which she fell ill. She said that the justice drove her and her husband back to her hotel, and that this might have been the news she wanted to share with Mr. Schenck.It would be interesting to hear what everyone involved would say under oath.
The maybes keep piling up — and that’s just on the Alito leak allegation, which, it’s important to remember, is only part of the broader story. That broader story, as laid out in the Times report selectively quoted by the court, is the religious campaign led by Schenck to influence Republican-appointed justices.
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