'Notorious' Supreme Court justice has GOP cornered as Dems 'ready for payback': expert

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One of the GOP's favorite Supreme Court justices has the party backed into a corner ahead of the midterm elections, according to one legal expert. Elie Honig, a CNN legal analyst and a former federal prosecutor, argued in a new essay for the Substack "Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara" that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's decision not to retire ahead of the midterms could be a costly mistake for the GOP. The 76-year-old justice could have stepped down and let the GOP fill his seat with a much younger nominee, Honig argued. Instead, Alito's reluctance to retire sets up a likely showdown where…

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'Notorious' Supreme Court justice has GOP cornered as Dems 'ready for payback': expert
One of the GOP's favorite Supreme Court justices has the party backed into a corner ahead of the midterm elections, according to one legal expert. Elie Honig, a CNN legal analyst and a former federal prosecutor, argued in a new essay for the Substack "Stay Tuned with Preet...

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