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Alito, declining to follow Kagan’s lead, avoids recusal explanation

By Kaelan Deese
Published May 31, 2023 6:33pm ET
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Alito, declining to follow Kagan’s lead, avoids recusal explanation
One week after Justice Elena Kagan gave an unprecedented written explanation for declining to participate in a Supreme Court case, Justice Samuel Alito declined to follow suit. Last week, Kagan offered court watchers a breadcrumb of hope that they would no longer have to speculate why a justice decides to sit out from hearing a […]

One week after Justice Elena Kagan gave an unprecedented written explanation for declining to participate in a Supreme Court case, Justice Samuel Alito declined to follow suit.

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