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A Fear of Too Much Justice

Strict Scrutiny

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Samuel Alito and Paul Singer's Private Jet Trip to a Fishing Lodge

Paul Singer, who offered Justice Alito this private jet trip and went fishing with him at this lodge, had some business before the Supreme Court. He has a hedge fund, Elliot Management, an arm of which, an ML capital, purchased a bunch of Argentine government's debt in the wake of the country's financial crisis. The court agreed to hear the case in 2014 and then ruled for Singer's hedge fund by a seven to one vote. Judge Samuel Alito did not recuse himself from the case.

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