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The Federalist Society keeps SCOTUS judges in a perpetually whiny state

Editorial board calls latest investigative report into Supreme Court ethics a ‘non-scandal built on partisan spin’

In a series of stories, ProPublica has charged Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito with two types of misconduct. First, the reports contend that the justices failed to disclose certain travel they received. Second, ProPublica alleges that the justices failed to recuse themselves from cases that indirectly involved the people…

Today’s supreme court is extremely powerful, increasingly political and decreasingly trusted. We need reform now

Billionaire Paul Singer and the lodge owner "were both major donors to Leo's political groups," ProPublica reports

An investigative story by a US news outlet is latest to raise questions about improper conduct by conservative justices.

Justice used Murdoch paper to defend 2008 private jet trip to King Salmon Lodge in Alaska

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepted a 2008 trip to a luxury fishing lodge in Alaska from two wealthy Republican donors, one of whom repeatedly had interests before the court

Justice Samuel Alito says he didn't have to disclose a 2008 luxury trip to Alaska, or the flight on a private jet of hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer who had several cases before the high court.

The latest gifts scandal to rock to the supreme court: The justice accepted a private plane trip to Alaska which would have cost more than $100,000 one way, for a luxury fishing trip hosted by a billionaire.

Alito argued he had "followed what I understood to be standard practice" when it came to financial disclosures.