Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court

[Nevilledog]

https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court

In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a remote corner of Alaska. The Supreme Court justice was on vacation at a luxury fishing lodge that charged more than $1,000 a day, and after catching a king salmon nearly the size of his leg, Alito posed for a picture. To his left, a man stood beaming: Paul Singer, a hedge fund billionaire who has repeatedly asked the Supreme Court to rule in his favor in high-stakes business disputes.

Singer was more than a fellow angler. He flew Alito to Alaska on a private jet. If the justice chartered the plane himself, the cost could have exceeded $100,000 one way.

In the years that followed, Singer’s hedge fund came before the court at least 10 times in cases where his role was often covered by the legal press and mainstream media. In 2014, the court agreed to resolve a key issue in a decade-long battle between Singer’s hedge fund and the nation of Argentina. Alito did not recuse himself from the case and voted with the 7-1 majority in Singer’s favor. The hedge fund was ultimately paid $2.4 billion.

Alito did not report the 2008 fishing trip on his annual financial disclosures. By failing to disclose the private jet flight Singer provided, Alito appears to have violated a federal law that requires justices to disclose most gifts, according to ethics law experts.

Experts said they could not identify an instance of a justice ruling on a case after receiving an expensive gift paid for by one of the parties.

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases

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[live love laugh]

2. Republicans are sloppy drunk from corruption.

[Skittles]

4. what is it with guys posing with fish

are they proud they won a battle between them and a FISH?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. The SCOTUS needs to adopt an enforceable code of ethics

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[Kablooie]

5. I would too if I had a guaranteed lifetime job.

Why not use your position to get goodies for yourself?
No one can do anything about it. It’s only logical.

This lifetime job thing was supposed to put judges above corruption but is doing exactly the opposite.
They didnt expect that a whole party would embrace criminal corruption as one of their highest held values so impeachment is not possible.

[Liberty Belle]

6. Alito and Thomas need to be impeached for ethical violations.

Make an example of them,and others won't engage in such shameless corruption in the future.

[dchill]

7. No, see, we don't understand! Alito simply voted, decided...

...and/or opined the exact same way he would have even if he and Singer had never even met! So, any imagined payments or bribes are merely our unfair exaggerated criticisms of simple, well-deserved perks of the lifetime job of an average ultra-conservative Justice of the Extreme Court - just like Clarence or Brett or John or...

[grantcart]

8. Too bad they didn't go on a submersible in the North Atlantic.

[NowISeetheLight]

9. More $$$ and a Ban

I like to think there are some idealistic jurists who believe in America. Who would dedicate their lives to our country without the need for personal wealth or recognition. I believe there are such people.

Pay SCOTUS judges $2m a year. Ban ANY gifts by anyone. Ban any ownership of any stocks by immediate family. Find jurists who love the concept of America.

[Kid Berwyn]

10. Fascists are corrupt from the get-go.

Rotten from the core out.

[dalton99a]

11. Another corrupt fascist in a robe

[Chainfire]

12. All of the justice that you can afford.

[JanLip]

13. Why worry

These corrupt republicans will do as they dam well please. Nobody stops them. They should be ashamed but they’re not. This has probably been going on for decades so why stop now. It stinks to high heaven. Rich folks get special treatment and poor folks get the shaft. Same old same old

Jan.

[lark]

14. All the fascists refuse to follow the law and are blatantly on the take.

They are christofascists trying to bring down our democracy on the sly.

[BadGimp]

15. Call me a cynic but,

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[uponit7771]

22. +1

[Johonny]

16. Republicans have zero ethics. They are Trump's party

Alito has always been a scumbag so zero surprise.

[Swede]

17. At least ten cases before the SC.

And no mention of his conflict, let alone a recusal.

[NotHardly]

18. It would seem that a "Full Audit" and Investigation of the Supremed Court needs to be undertaken

All these privileged fucks, I am so sick of people like Thomas and Alito. They take and take and take and then lie about it because they are bought-and-paid-for and because they lack ethics or morality they cannot even see the harm they do. Frankly, I think it is time that the lying, cheating, bought-off MFs be hauled into a real court of law and get dealt with.

[kimbutgar]

19. Unfortunately we can all call Alito and Thomas out for being corrupt with facts and evidence

But neither one of them will resign nor be ashamed of what they did. Those two have no morals when it comes to being honest. And will not feel guilt that they are willing participants in influence peddling schemes. Which shows they were basically bribed for favorable rulings that benefited their billionaire so called friends.

[Wild blueberry]

20. ProPublica does great reporting

Excellent article! Thank you.
Alito = scum

[Blue Owl]

21. K&R for exposure

[question everything]

23. And his "explanation" - WSJ oped

https://archive.is/uujeU