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SCOTUS term tainted by clear corruption

Seductions of wealth don’t necessitate a quid pro quo

Salon

Michael Hiltzik: US government debunks COVID lab-leak conspiracy theory, enraging conspiracy theorists

That sound you may have detected rising from the ether of social media this weekend was the gnashing of teeth by COVID conspiracy-mongers, outraged by a U.S. government report debunking their most cherished claims.

Los Angeles Times

Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and the crisis of confidence in the Supreme Court

The problem for the justices is that all the recent ethics stories — and more — are a corrosive drip, drip, drip, eroding public confidence in the court.

WEKU

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Alito linked to Moore v. Harper law firm

Alito has a close relationship with Charles Cooper, whose law firm is representing petitioners in the pivotal case

Salon

Inside Justice Alito's WSJ pre-buttal

The Journal editorial page accused ProPublica of misleading readers in a story that hadn’t yet been published

Salon

Profs rip Alito for demanding safe space

Judge charged with interpreting 1st Amendment rights "can’t bear others exercising their free speech rights"

Salon

‘Conservative justices? Yeah, in what way?’ Key senator on a supreme court in thrall to special interests

Sheldon Whitehouse says recent court may be undergoing a ‘course correction’ following backlash to its extremist ruling and ethics scandals

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Justice Alito’s undisclosed fishing trip brings more discredit to the Supreme Court

Americans want the Supreme Court to be the place where justices dispassionately and thoughtfully rule on cases that affect their lives. The latest reporting by ProPublica undermines that confidence even further.

Chicago Sun-Times

Harlan Crow on collision course with Senate over Clarence Thomas gifts

Finance committee focusing on tax treatment of billionaire mega-donor’s gifts to supreme court justice

The Guardian - US

Why GOP justices are so whiny

The Federalist Society keeps SCOTUS judges in a perpetually whiny state

Salon

Wall Street Journal defends Alito op-ed, blasting ProPublica’s ethics investigation as ‘political assault’

Editorial board calls latest investigative report into Supreme Court ethics a ‘non-scandal built on partisan spin’

The Independent UK

Justice Alito Shouldn't Have To Do The Media's Job

In a series of stories, ProPublica has charged Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito with two types of misconduct. First, the reports contend that the justices failed to disclose certain travel they received. Second, ProPublica alleges that the justices failed to recuse themselves from cases that indirectly involved the people…

Reason

Alito’s wrongdoing makes a supreme court ethics overhaul an imperative

Today’s supreme court is extremely powerful, increasingly political and decreasingly trusted. We need reform now

The Guardian - US

Leonard Leo has key role in SCOTUS mess

Billionaire Paul Singer and the lodge owner "were both major donors to Leo's political groups," ProPublica reports

Salon

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Al Jazeera

US Supreme Court justice faces questions over donor-financed trip

An investigative story by a US news outlet is latest to raise questions about improper conduct by conservative justices.

The Independent UK

Wall Street Journal under fire for Justice Alito op-ed: ‘This has simply broken my brain’

Justice used Murdoch paper to defend 2008 private jet trip to King Salmon Lodge in Alaska

The Independent UK

Justice Alito accepted Alaska resort vacation from GOP donors, report says

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepted a 2008 trip to a luxury fishing lodge in Alaska from two wealthy Republican donors, one of whom repeatedly had interests before the court

WEKU

Justice Alito refutes ProPublica report he should have disclosed luxury trip

Justice Samuel Alito says he didn't have to disclose a 2008 luxury trip to Alaska, or the flight on a private jet of hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer who had several cases before the high court.

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Fortune

Another Supreme Court Justice besides Clarence Thomas has a secret billionaire benefactor

The latest gifts scandal to rock to the supreme court: The justice accepted a private plane trip to Alaska which would have cost more than $100,000 one way, for a luxury fishing trip hosted by a billionaire.

Axios

Alito defends using "vacant" seat on private jet for Alaska fishing trip

Alito argued he had "followed what I understood to be standard practice" when it came to financial disclosures.

The Independent UK

Justice Alito tries to get ahead of damning report about billionaire gifts with defensive Wall Street Journal op-ed

Conservative justice defends taking private jet to Alaskan fishing trip with hedge-fund billionaire with business before the court as justices face ongoing ethics questions

The Guardian - US

Senior senators threaten to step up supreme court ethics reform after Samuel Alito revelations – as it happened

Alito reportedly accepted seat on private plane owned by Paul Singer; expert says he should have recused himself from Singer cases before the court

Salon

"Beyond parody": Experts slam Alito trip

ProPublica asked Alito about the ethics concerns. He ran to the Wall Street Journal to attack their reporting

Salon

Alito took lux trip with GOP billionaire

Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself

The Guardian - US

Samuel Alito did not declare gifts from billionaire with case before US supreme court

Rightwing justice accepted private plane trip to Alaska for luxury fishing trip hosted by Paul Singer in latest gifts scandal

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