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Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing Thursday, December 8th at 10:00 AM EST titled “Undue Influence: ‘Operation Higher Court’ and Politicking at SCOTUS.” The hearing follows a bombshell report by the New York Times that exposed how conservative activists have coordinated to unduly influence Supreme Court justices.
 
At the hearing, the committee will hear testimony from whistleblower Rev. Robert Schenck, who was the subject of the Times reporting. Reverend Schenck will tell the committee about how his decades-long influence campaign, aimed specifically at Supreme Court justices, successfully and intentionally exploited the high court’s lack of meaningful ethics and transparency rules.
 
Additional details for the hearing can be found below: 

WITNESSES:

Majority Witnesses: 
 
Caroline Fredrickson
Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
 
Rev. Robert L. Schenck
President and Founder, The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute
 
Donald Sherman
Sr. Vice President and Chief Counsel, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington



WHAT:        “Undue Influence: ‘Operation Higher Court’ and Politicking at SCOTUS”
 
WHEN:         December 8, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. EST

WHERE:      2141 Rayburn House Office Building
                       Washington, D.C.

WATCH:      The hearing will stream live here.