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This story was originally published by ProPublica.
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.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: El Nino kxela
on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 – 11:46 am
Nah it's all good. Alito said
Nah it's all good. Alito said that if he didn't take the seat on the private jet it would have gone unused which means it wasn't corrupt. It's just like libs not to ever think about the poor unused seats on private jets.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mike Dalton Dalton
on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 – 12:11 pm
I think I'll try that with
I think I'll try that with United on their next flight to Paris. 'Hey, the seat is just going to be empty.'
Grifters gonna grift.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bob Jamspace
on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 – 06:16 pm
Seriously does any of this BS
Seriously does any of this BS really come as a surprise?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune Turtle
on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 – 06:50 pm
the highest court in the land
the highest court in the land.
ethics not a requirement.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: dimethyllovebeam joe
on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 – 07:03 pm
Oligarchy. The rich buy the
Oligarchs. The rich purchase the law for themselves. But supreme court justices need friends too. They just conveniently happen to be billionaires. Yes, how is this shocking?