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Justice And Justices' Investments Should Be Blind: The Alito Controversy Raises Persistent Problem On The Court Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, Yesterday, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recused himself from one of the term's most important cases: Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County. As I have previously discussed, the case involving the liability of energy companies for nuisance actions tied to climate change could have sweeping implications for the country. Justice Alito should be commended for avoiding even the appearance of a personal interest or a conflict...

This. Is. Madness... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The View co-host Sunny Hostin cited the Lindsay Clancy mistrial Tuesday to relate a celebratory story about how in 1991 she was a lone jury hold out who flipped for a cannibal killer who boiled a woman and literally served her as soup. While the panel chewed over the Clancy debacle, Hostin announced she had effectively blocked a guilty verdict for Daniel Rakowitz - the East Village drifter known as the Butcher of Tompkins Square Park. Hostin bragged that she walked the rest of...