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- 1Justice Alito recuses from Supreme Court climate dispute▼Justice Alito will no longer participate in climate change dispute
US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will no longer take part in a pending climate change case before the court. The announcement, reported by SCOTUSblog, removes one justice from a dispute with potential consequences for climate regulation, leaving eight justices to decide the outcome. Reasons for the withdrawal were not stated in the report.
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Commentary is accusing the US Supreme Court of expanding its own authority beyond what the Constitution or Congress granted it. The argument, aired on SCOTUSblog, reflects a broader debate over the court's use of the shadow docket, emergency rulings and sweeping major decisions that reshape national policy without direct electoral or legislative mandate.