The Senate is reviewing the possible leak of a 2014 Supreme Court decision authored by Justice Samuel Alito after a report suggested the justice or his wife discussed the opinion on contraception and religious rights before it was released.
that the Rev. Rob Schenck, who used to lead an evangelical nonprofit, was informed of the outcome of the 2014 case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby weeks before it was publicly announced.
The Hobby Lobby case ruled that for-profit companies can deny contraception coverage for employees based on a religious objection. The court ruled 5-4 in favor of Hobby Lobby and Alito wrote the majority opinion in the case.
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