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Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court (www.propublica.org)

submitted 1 year ago by AJYoung@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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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.

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

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[–] Lost_Wanderer@beehaw.org 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Members of the SCOTUS are crooked and on the take.

[–] wagesj45@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

impeach and remove. or we should just stop listening to them. they don't have an army to enforce their rulings. not that any left leaning president* would have the balls to do so, but it would be the moral thing to do at this point.

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

There's no mechanism iirc.

I want it to happen to, I want them to have to report to an ethics committee yearly and if something smells fishy (and this time a little bit like salmon) they should have a trust vote by the American public.

[–] TheDeadGuy@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Is it any wonder? The money will always try to influence politics and the Supreme Court is the smallest number of individuals with power besides the president. Get a few on your side and so is the law