Alito's alleged misconduct - Lab-grown chicken approved - School skills decline

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1. Summary
   ProPublica on Tuesday reported that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito took a luxury fishing vacation in 2008 with Paul Singer, a hedge fund billionaire and GOP megadonor who later had 10 cases before the Supreme Court. Singer paid for Alito's private jet flight. Experts told ProPublica that they could not identify another instance of a justice ruling on a case after receiving a large gift from one of the parties.
   
   Justice Alito pre-emptively responded in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, saying he was unaware of Singer's connection to the entities that brought the later Supreme Court cases, but that even if he was, he would not have been required to recuse himself. Alito also said he was not close with Singer. Experts say private jet flights count as gifts that must be disclosed under ethics rules, but Alito said the justices do not share that interpretation.
   
   Singer's spokesperson said at the time of the trip, he did not have pending cases before the court, "nor could [Singer] have anticipated in 2008 that a subsequent matter would arise that would merit Supreme Court review."

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