The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee proved Democrats’ star witness at a Thursday hearing about the Supreme Court had been dishonest, possibly lying, about a specific claim he had made in an earlier book.
The committee had brought in expert witnesses to discuss politicking before the high court, Democrats sating the wish to make sure justices resist donor pressure on issues like abortion and same-sex marriage.
They brought in the Rev. Robert L. Schenck, president of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute, who recently accused Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. of leaking the outcome of a 2014 case.