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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Martin Pengelly in Washington

Chief justice urged to make Alito and Thomas step aside in megadonor cases

Clarence Thomas and John Roberts in robes talking to one another
John Roberts, right, speaks to Clarence Thomas, who has been tied to billionaire donors with business before the court. Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters

More than 40 US watchdog groups have called on the chief justice of the US supreme court, John Roberts, to force rightwing justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito to recuse themselves from cases in which their links to billionaire donors have produced conflicts of interest.

The call came in a letter sent to Roberts on Friday and was first reported by the Guardian. The letter told Roberts there was a “legitimacy crisis” at the court.

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