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So amazing!

Thanks to @jillwine-banks.bsky.social and the #sistersinlaw podcast for the great discussion of this topic on today’s episode.

Finally, that Justice Alito doesn’t consider the he phone call to meet the standard of “even the appearance of impropriety” such that he would have needed to recuse himself from the decision only hours after the phone call.

Does that cover it?
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Fourth, that it’s normal for an incoming president himself, rather than his transition team (whose purpose this sort of screening is), handles the vetting for minor jobs in the administration
4/

Second, the fact that Mr. Trump had upcoming business (only 2 hours later) before the Supreme Court is completely irrelevant because they did not discuss anything related to that

Third, that the call originated from Mr. Trump rather than Justice Alito just hours before the filing is irrelevant
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First, they only discussed the qualifications of a former Alito clerk who would like to be appointed to a low-level job in the administration
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Yes please

Done. Thank you for posting the link.

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