Hi,

A shocking new report revealed that while Justice Alito was voting to gut
environmental protections, his wife was cutting real estate deals with the
fossil fuel industry.^1

Despite this substantial conflict of interest, Alito has not recused
himself in cases involving the fossil fuel industry. He ruled last year to
gut the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to regulate fossil
fuel emissions, and has repeatedly ruled in favor of the unfettered
development of oil and gas pipelines.^1

The Supreme Court has no binding code of ethics, so there is nothing
forcing Alito to recuse himself in these cases, or requiring him to report
his wife’s real estate deal. This outrageous corruption cannot
continue.Congress must hold the Supreme Court accountable.^2

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Last year, Martha Ann Bomgardner Alito, Justice Alito’s wife, leased an
inherited 160-acre plot in Oklahoma to a fossil fuel company, Citizen
Energy III. The lease stipulates that the Alitos will receive a sizable
share of all profits made from the land’s oil and gas sales.^1

Justice Alito has routinely ruled with SCOTUS’s conservative Justices in
favor of the fossil fuel industry. This May, he wrote the majority opinion
in Sackett v. EPA, which substantially scaled back the Clean Water Act.
Last year, in Clean Air Act in West Virginia v. EPA, Alito ruled to gut
the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. In 2021’s Oneok,
Inc. v. Learjet, Inc., Alito ruled to block antitrust laws from being
applied to natural gas companies. Oneok, the largest supplier of natural
gas in Oklahoma, runs a natural gas pipeline through the Alitos’ land.^1

Alito even outright denies the reality of climate change. In an address to
the Claremont Institute, a far right think-tank, he stated, “Carbon
dioxide is not a pollutant. Carbon dioxide is not harmful to ordinary
things, to human beings, or to animals, or to plants.”^1

Alito’s connections to the fossil field industry were revealed just days
after ProPublica’s bombshell report on the luxury trips the Justice
accepted from billionaire and Republican megadonor Paul Singer. Alito did
not disclose those trips, and has failed to recuse himself when Singer had
business in front of the court. It’s clear that the Supreme Court cannot
be trusted to police itself. Congress needs to step in and impose a
binding code of conduct on this out-of-control Court.^3

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Sources:

 1. The Intercept, “Alito's Wife Leased Land to an Oil and Gas Firm While
Justice Fought EPA,” [ [link removed] ]June 26, 2023.
 2. Elizabeth Warren, “Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act - One
Pager,” [ [link removed] ]June 8, 2023.
 3. ProPublica, “Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With
GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court,” [ [link removed] ]June 20,
2023.
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