In an appearance before members of Congress, Rev. Rob Schenk said that right-wing Christian activists hoped to gain access to conservative Supreme Court justices. As a means of 'encouraging' the justices to adhere to their policies.
Rev. Rob Schenck speaks during press conference in front of the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2019. Schenck testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee Dec. 8, 2022 saying that he knew of a leak out of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2014.Rev. Rob Schenck speaks during press conference in front of the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2019. Schenck testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee Dec.
"Throughout this ordeal, I've had to look deeply at what my cohorts and I did at the Supreme Court," Rev. Rob Schenck testified during a House Judiciary Committee hearing."I believe we pushed the boundaries of Christian ethics and compromised the high court's promise to administer equal justice."Schenck, who until 2018 led a group known then as Faith and Action, now describes himself as a"dissenting evangelical.
They worked to bolster the justices' conservative views on issues including abortion and same-sex marriage, he said, sometimes achieving a rare level of access and intimacy with the judges. "In one instance, Justice [Clarence] Thomas commended me, saying something like, 'Keep up what you're doing; it's making a difference,'"Schenck told the committee.Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
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