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The story starts a few years back with the Hobby Lobby case.

"More than 60 progressive groups wrote to two top Senate Democrats on Tuesday urging them to investigate ethical concerns about Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito following a recent report that he shared the outcome of a looming 2014 case involving the Hobby Lobby with a conservative activist.

Justice Alito’s alleged leak of the outcome of the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby calls for a thorough investigation and, if true, constitutes a shocking betrayal of the Court’s confidences that deserves immediate accountability,” the letter states."
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3754558-progressive-groups-call-on-senate-democrats-to-probe-alito-over-hobby-lobby-leak/

This revelation has people wondering if Alito leaked his own opinion. It's bizarre, but if you follow legal issues, bizarre has been the new norm for years...