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During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, the Rev. Rob Schenck said he knew the outcome of a pivotal religious freedom decision weeks before the Supreme Court released it in 2014.

His wife and spoke about the ruling. now, our supreme court reporter joins us now. im so glad youre here. one of the best supreme court reporters in the country. one of the biggest questions in washington has been who leaked the abortion decision? but what do we know about this 2014 decision, and what does this mean for the court? >> right. as you say, this man, the reverend rob schenk, was an opponent of abortion and ran this nonprofit and, through donors, he was trying to get access to the sup...

Polls have said they would like somebody else to run for president in 2024. for now, joe biden has said that it is his intention to run. he is set to make that decision sometime next year. >> student debt relief a big campaign promise. thank you so much. and supreme court justice samuel alito is denying accusations that he leaked a supreme court decision before it was publicly announced. a former evangelical activist is claiming he knew about the outcome of a 2014 decision before it was announ...

So flash forward a few years. he, the reverend schenk, has become a supporter of abortion rights, and he learned that chief justice john roberts last spring was going to launch this investigation into who leaked the decision overturning roe, and he said look, i have information that could be interesting to you. its worth noting, though, that justice alito issued a really strong and rare statement. they usually dont speak up. this is what he said to "the new york times," and we obtained it, too. ...