The Latest Breaking News from Samuel Alito

The Supreme Court may be beginning its summer recess, but the furor over the justices’ ethical lapses is still gathering steam. We now know that both Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have gone on lavish vacations with court litigants without disclosing the trips or recusing themselves from their benefactors’…

Analysts say trust in the US’s highest court is wavering as a conservative supermajority reshapes constitutional law.

The Supreme Court just finished issuing its biggest decisions of the term

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a first-of-its-kind ruling from a federal appeals court that found people with gender dysphoria are entitled to the protections of the Americans With Disabilities Act

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Seductions of wealth don’t necessitate a quid pro quo

The problem for the justices is that all the recent ethics stories — and more — are a corrosive drip, drip, drip, eroding public confidence in the court.

Alito has a close relationship with Charles Cooper, whose law firm is representing petitioners in the pivotal case

In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court firmly rejected the so-called independent state legislature theory. This bizarre theory would have allowed renegade legislators to violate their state constitutions in setting rules for federal elections — allowing them to hijack elections for U.S. Congress and even the presidency.