and over again. why is it always a young and angry man? what can be done to stop this american carnage? oh put that question to the national security. later, wealthy evangelical conservative couples were able to wine and dine supreme court justices while making comments about the issues facing the court. i have some thoughts about desperately needed reforms for the highest court in the land. all of that and more is coming up. there s, the latest news you might have missed. this morning, the body of shinzo abe was return to tokyo. he was shot while giving a campaign speech from one of his parties candidates yesterday. the investigation into the assassination continues today. police are saying that the detained suspect used a homemade gun. the violence shock japan. the national police agency reported only ten shootings in all of 2021. janice is reporting. reporter: katie, japan is in mourning forge st. joe abby. he was assassinated in a brazen attack. this is a place where
evangelical leader who formed a multi-million dollar scheme to wine and dine supreme court justices in an effort to push an agenda, a plan that worked. a few weeks ago shank told the new york times he was ticked off in advance to the supreme court s landmark 2014 hobby lobby decision by a wealthy couple he personally recruited to get close to justice alito and his wife. the implication here is that justice alito himself or his wife offered the information of a couple that alito now denies. yes, that leak is problematic, but so is the shameless and shocking maneuver to buy supreme court justices, but all of this is reaffirming what we ve known for quite some time. the supreme court has a massive
which would codify into law federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. the bill would also repeal the defense of marriage act which the law signed by bill clinton in 1996, one to discriminate against same-sex couples. tonight s vote which passed with the sport of 12 republicans means the bill will now moved into the house, where it s expected to pass next week, before it heads to for president biden s desk for his signature. just ahead. what if i told you there was a little known club where he could wine and dine supreme court justices maybe even get in a good word with them about your favorite issue? that place actually exists. we ll tell you about it. next.
is all unknown. after all, schenk was intending to influence justices that are ardently pro-life. what is happening here, frankly pretty shocking that right-wing activists like reverend schenk had been successful in their attempts to gain access to supreme court justices with the express purposes of wining and dining them and donations to their favorite causes. we know this because mr. schenk also told the times that one of these wealthy couples actually managed to become friends with samuel alito and his wife. through this couple, they learned in advance of burwell versus hobby lobby which if you remember concerned religious rights and contraception, when you look at it that way, $125,000 donation seems like a pretty good deal with a heads-up on a landmark court case.
remember when trump became president how people started visiting mar-a-lago and booking rooms at trump s d.c. hotel so they could get in good with the maga people? so they could rub shoulders with the trump kids and maybe even get a glimpse of the president himself? well, as it happens, the supreme court sort of has its own version of that. it s not a hotel. it s an organization, and it s called the supreme court historical society and it s been around for decades. earlier this month, the new york times published an eye-popping investigation based on an interview with reverend lon shank. reverend shank is an activist who told the times that for years he converted wealthy conservative couples to try and get close to supreme court justices in an effort to advance the crusade. and reverend shank did this