There’s also the stage where the court decides whether to take on a case which requires only 4 justices to vote for it, and we don’t know what happened at conference, eg how forcefully Alito was arguing. Thus, a 7-1 majority does not make a conflict of interest unproblematic.
$100k: yes but it’s unclear they would have flown the private jet if Alito had said “no thanks I’ll fly commercial and pay for the ticket”
$100k: yes but it’s unclear they would have flown the private jet if Alito had said “no thanks I’ll fly commercial and pay for the ticket”