TELL CONGRESS: It was just revealed that Samuel Alito taught a legal seminar alongside an election denier just days after January 6. The neverending corruption scandals involving right-wing Supreme Court Justices are destroying the integrity of SCOTUS. Sign the petition: Pass a SCOTUS ethics act to hold Supreme Court justices accountable!

Hi,

First, the New York Times revealed that Samuel Alito had a Stop the Steal style flag flying above his house during critical 2020 election cases.1 Then, he failed to recuse himself from the Trump immunity case despite the clear conflict of interest.

Now, The Intercept reports that Alito taught a law seminar beside an election denier just days after January 6. Alito is deep in a web of right-wing extremism and election denial.2

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamie Raskin are finally demanding Chief Justice John Roberts answer ethics questions about Alito and a January 6 ruling.3 Conservatives on the Supreme Court have gotten away with scandal after scandal — it’s time for Congress to pass an enforceable, binding code of ethics to stop the corruption on SCOTUS.

Sign the petition: Congress must pass a SCOTUS ethics act to hold Samuel Alito and other right-wing justices accountable!

Alito was set to write the Court’s opinion in the Fischer v. U.S. January 6 case, but Roberts bumped Alito days after the New York Times report about Alito’s MAGA flag. AOC and Raskin, lead Democrats on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, are probing Roberts’s behind-the-scenes decision-making and the ethics issues on SCOTUS.4

That letter came before the new bombshell report that Alito shared teaching responsibilities with an election denier who spoke with Trump on January 6 and peddled fringe theories about election fraud.5

The right-wing justices on the Supreme Court will continue shirking any ethical standards and engaging in far-right extremism unless Congress acts and passes a SCOTUS ethics act.

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. New York Times, “At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display,” May 16, 2024.
  2. The Intercept, “The Untold Link Between Justice Alito and Trump's Election-Denying Efforts,” October 3, 2024.
  3. The Hill, “Raskin, Ocasio-Cortez demand answers from Roberts on Alito, Thomas actions,” October 4, 2024.
  4. Ibid.
  5. The Intercept, “The Untold Link Between Justice Alito and Trump's Election-Denying Efforts,” October 3, 2024.

 

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