The justice said it was his understanding that the flight would not “impose any extra cost on Mr. At the time, however, the involvement of Singer’s hedge fund in the dispute with Argentina was widely reported in American media, ProPublica noted.Īs for the flight, Alito said Singer “allowed me to occupy what would have otherwise been an unoccupied seat on a private flight to Alaska.” NML Capital (12-842) – and that Singer’s name did not appear in the filings. He notes that only one case was ultimately granted – Republic of Argentina v. “On no occasion have we discussed the activities of his businesses, and we have never talked about any case or issue before the Court,” Alito wrote in his op-ed.Īlito said that his staff routinely checks the names of the parties in each case that comes before the court and “any other entities listed in the corporate disclosure statement required by our rules.” He said that Singer was not “listed as a party” in any of the cases provided to Alito by ProPublica, nor did his name appear in any of the corporate disclosure statements or the cert petitions or briefs in opposition to certiorari. The following year, Singer once again introduced Alito at an event held by the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, to which Singer has donated millions. Singer also introduced Alito at a Federalist Society event the next year where Alito joked about the fishing trip they took together, according to ProPublica, which also published a photo of the two together at the event. It included a photo of the two grinning as they held salmon they caught on the trip.
ProPublica, however, documents several interactions between the justice and the billionaire. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/FILEĬlarence Thomas gets extension to file financial disclosures amid scrutiny of relationship with GOP megadonor Supreme Court Associate Justice on the South Lawn of the White House Octoin Washington, DC. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas attends the ceremonial swearing-in ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett to be the U.S. In his op-ed, Alito said that he has spoken to Singer “on no more than a handful of occasions” with the exception of “small talk” during a fishing trip 15 years ago and said the ProPublica charges against him are not “valid.”
ProPublica said it had sent Alito a “list of detailed questions last week, and on Tuesday, the Supreme Court’s head spokeswoman told ProPublica that Alito would not be commenting.”
Hours before ProPublica’s report went online, Alito took the rare step of preemptively responding to allegations of ethics impropriety leveled against him before the charges were actually published. The hedge fund was ultimately paid $2.4 billion,” according to ProPublica.ĬNN has reached out to Singer’s company for comment, as well as the Supreme Court.Īlito takes rare step of pre-butting allegations Alito did not recuse himself from the case and voted with the 7-1 majority in Singer’s favor. “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. In the years following the 2008 trip, the billionaire’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,” ProPublica reported. ProPublica said Singer flew Alito to Alaska on a private jet and that the justice did not report the fishing trip or the private jet flight on his annual financial disclosure or recuse himself from cases involving Singer’s hedge fund that came before the court. Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, on Wednesday morning said his committee will mark up a bill on Supreme Court ethics after lawmakers return from their July 4 recess. The new report adds to the growing list of ethics questions surrounding the court, which have become a key focus of congressional Democrats. How the Supreme Court struck down anti-sodomy laws and paved way for same-sex marriage
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