Hi,

Paul Singer, a billionaire Republican mega-donor who has paid for some of Samuel Alito’s undisclosed luxury trips and has had business in front of SCOTUS, is back in the news. Why? Because Singer just made a $10 million donation to the GOP.1

After the Alito-Singer scandal dropped last year and other ethics violations were revealed — including a conservative legal group flying Justice Alito out to Rome, Italy in 20222 — Alito said Congress has no authority to regulate ethics on the Supreme Court.3

But Alito is wrong, and Congress must step in to pass an enforceable, binding code of ethics to stop the corruption on SCOTUS.

Sign the petition: Justices on the Supreme Court shouldn’t be taking trips paid for by GOP billionaires and right-wing groups. Congress must pass a SCOTUS ethics act!

Alito’s list of scandals goes beyond undisclosed luxury trips. A Stop the Steal style flag was flying over his house after the January 6 insurrection, at a time when SCOTUS was considering 2020 election cases.4 Instead of recusing himself from January 6 cases, he went ahead and ruled, including in the case that gave American presidents “absolute immunity.”

Despite all of these scandals, SCOTUS does not have a binding code of conduct. Congress must change that now and rein in the corruption on the Court.

Add your name: Hold Alito accountable and pass a SCOTUS ethics act!

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

Sources:

  1. Sludge, “Facing Dem Scrutiny, Alito Benefactor Paul Singer Donates $10 Million to GOP,” July 19, 2024.
  2. The Guardian, “Ethical no man’s land: can the US supreme court be trusted to police itself?” March 24, 2023.
  3. Wall Street Journal, “Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court’s Plain-Spoken Defender,” July 28, 2023.
  4. New York Times, “At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display,” May 16, 2024.

 

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