Samuel Alito steps aside in a major climate case amid scrutiny over oil stock holdings

LOOK I KNOW I SAY THIS A LOT BUT FIRST BACK IN FEBRUARY THE SUPREME COURT AGREED TO HEAR THIS GIGANTIC CLIMATE CASE BROUGHT BY OFFICIALS IN BOULDER COLORADO AGAINST SUNCOR ENERGY AND EXXONMOBIL OVER ALLEGEDLY DECEIVING THE PUBLIC ABOUT FOSSIL FUELS AND BILLIONS IN DAMAGES ARE AT STAKE AND THEN ON MONDAY JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO SUDDENLY RECUSED HIMSELF AFTER RESISTING CALLS TO STEP ASIDE FOR MONTHS AND THE OFFICIAL LETTER DOES NOT EVEN GIVE A REASON WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE WHILE HE DOES NOT OWN SUNCOR OR EXXON SHARES HIS DISCLOSURES SHOW HE HOLDS STOCK IN CONOCOPHILLIPS AND PHILLIPS 66 SO THIS GROUP CONSUMER WATCHDOG FLAGGED THAT HE COULD INDIRECTLY BENEFIT UNDER THE COURT'S NEW ETHICS CODE SO NOW HE HAS DETERMINED HE WILL NOT PARTICIPATE AND HE IS JUST GONE FROM THE BENCH FOR THIS ONE. ANYWAY REMEMBER I TOLD YOU FIRST.

NO BUT ACTUALLY THOUGH FIRST BACK IN FEBRUARY THE WHOLE SUPREME COURT DECIDED TO TAKE UP THIS HUGE CLIMATE CASE WHERE BOULDER COLORADO IS SUING EXXONMOBIL AND SUNCOR ENERGY OVER CLAIMS THEY DECEIVED EVERYBODY ABOUT FOSSIL FUELS AND THEN FOR MONTHS JUSTICE ALITO WAS RESISTING EVERY CALL TO STEP DOWN EVEN THOUGH WATCHDOG GROUPS WERE CITING THE COURT'S NEW ETHICS CODE AND POINTING OUT HIS DISCLOSURES SHOW HE OWNS STOCK IN CONOCOPHILLIPS AND PHILLIPS 66 WHICH COULD BENEFIT INDIRECTLY AND THEN SUDDENLY ON MONDAY THIS FORMAL LETTER DROPS SAYING HE DETERMINED HE WILL NOT CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE AND IT DOES NOT EVEN SPECIFY A REASON WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGES ARE ALLEGEDLY ON THE LINE AND THE COMPANIES ARE SAYING STATE COURTS CANNOT HANDLE THIS SO NOW HE IS JUST OUT BEFORE ARGUMENTS START. OK I AM GOING TO GO SHOUT AT A WALL.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has recused himself from a major climate deception lawsuit against oil companies following scrutiny over his stock holdings in the energy sector.

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