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In a Thursday letter, a coalition of watchdog organizations called on the Senate judiciary committee to investigate Alito, the sole supreme court justice with holdings in energy companies.

“His irregular recusal practice in oil and gas industry-related cases is undermining public confidence in the impartiality of the Court,” says the letter, signed by green groups including the League of Conservation Voters and the Center for Biological Diversity, as well as progressive accountability watchdogs the Revolving Door Project and True North Research.

The judge found four of six challenged regulations to be unlawful, saying they contradict the text of the ESA or were “arbitrary and capricious.” Some of these regulations included provisions where federal agencies could propose non-binding plans to protect species from development projects or regulations that could shrink parts of critical habitats.

“The moment Executive Order 35 was issued, our coalition didn’t hesitate. ​The Virginia Election Protection Coalition, under the leadership of the Virginia Civic Engagement Table (VCET), mobilized immediately, standing shoulder to shoulder with neighbors and organizations on the frontlines of this fight," said Michelle Moffit, director of civic engagement for VCET. "We knocked doors, made calls, sent postcards, and had real conversations about what this order meant for our communities — making sure every eligible voter could check their registration status and re-register if they’d been wrongfully purged. That swift, coordinated response is community care in action: showing up for democracy, for each other, and for every Virginian whose voice deserves to be heard."