Jessica Corbett is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
Ahead of U.S. Supreme Court arguments next week, a watchdog group asserted Wednesday that right-wing Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas must recuse themselves from a case 'whose outcome could have sweeping consequences,' citing 'significant conflicts of interest' due to their relationships with 'conservative kingpin Leonard Leo .'In Federal Communications Commission v.
' Over the past 15 years, Leo and Ginni have worked together on several projects, operationalizing the outside game of conservative dark money and politics.Leo has also traveled with Justice Alito, most notably to Alaska on a private fishing trip . Leo's Federalist Society has also sponsored numerous trips overseas for Alito, some of them attended by Leo himself.
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