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Samuel Alito recuses himself from major Supreme Court climate change case

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Justice Samuel Alito announced Monday he would be recusing himself from a major Supreme Court climate change case a week before oral arguments, after facing pressure from left-wing groups to do so.

Alito, who has served on the Supreme Court since 2006 after being appointed by then-President George W. Bush, did not offer an explanation for his recusal, with the Clerk of the Supreme Court Scott Harris saying in a letter posted to the high court’s docket that the justice “has determined that he will not continue to participate in this case.”

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