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Secret recordings released this week revealed Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito telling an undercover filmmaker that he agrees the U.S. should return to a “place of godliness” and attacking the media for only going after justices because they don’t like their rulings—the latest in a string of controversies the conservative justice has faced, which have accelerated in recent years.
Text “Alerts” toThe Supreme Court will soon rule on two cases related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, taking up former President Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss the federal charges against him for trying to overturn the election and criminal charges brought against a Jan. 6 rioter. Ethics experts had pushed for Alito to recuse from those cases in light of the flags’ symbolism, though his letter to Congress in May confirmed widespread suspicion he would reject those requests.
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