Supreme Court rejects claim that Alito leaked 2014 opinion on Burwell v Hobby Lobby
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected allegations that Justice Samuel Alito tipped off conservative activists to the outcome of a landmark religious freedom case in 2014 before the opinion was issued by the court. “There is nothing to suggest that Justice Alito’s actions violated ethical standards,” Ethan Torrey, legal counsel for the Supreme Court, wrote…