Supreme Court Justice Alito on luxury vacay
Another Supreme Court justice has just been caught taking huge secret gifts from a right-wing billionaire — and this time it’s Justice Samuel Alito, the author of the decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Justice Alito was caught red-handed by ProPublica taking an undisclosed luxury vacation worth over $100,000 paid for by Republican megadonor and hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer and organized by Leonard Leo, the conservative superlobbyist credited with leading the right-wing takeover of the Supreme Court.1
Worse yet, in the years since Singer treated Alito to this extravagant vacation, his hedge fund has had cases before the Supreme Court at least 10 times. Justice Alito didn’t recuse himself once.
The Supreme Court is out of control and must be reined in with strong, binding ethics rules. That’s why Demand Progress Action is calling on Congress to immediately clean up the court by passing the Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act, which could … Continue reading