World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

The wife of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leased a plot of land to an oil and natural gas company while the judge was weakening the powers of the Environmental Protection Agency, report says

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The wife of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leased a plot of land to an oil and natural gas company while the judge was weakening the powers of the Environmental Protection Agency, report says

World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

In the lease, Martha Ann Bomgardner Alito would earn 3/16ths of the money generated from inherited land if it were to produce any fossil fuels.

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So if I’m caught bribing a politician through their spouse, that’s cool because I can point back to this SCOTUS precedent right?

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