Analysis: Samuel Alito Has Made up to $2.9 Million From Fossil Fuel Assets While Serving on the Supreme Court
Court Accountability said Alito’s oil and gas holdings and related income raised his assets to as much as $8.4 million by 2024.
- Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gained between $390,000 and $2.9 million from fossil fuel interests since 2005, according to a new analysis by judicial watchdog Court Accountability shared exclusively with The Guardian.
- Much of this wealth stems from a Grady County, Oklahoma property where Martha-Ann Alito holds a mineral interest; she agreed to lease the plot to a private oil and gas company in 2022.
- Alito has held investments in over a dozen energy firms, including Chevron and Kinder Morgan, leading ethics advocate Lisa Graves to question whether these financial ties undermine the court's impartiality.
- Ethics groups have called for Alito to recuse himself from Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, which the Supreme Court will hear on October 5.
- Alito is the only justice who has not submitted his 2025 financial disclosure, as the Supreme Court faces ongoing criticism regarding its voluntary ethics code adopted in 2023.
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Samuel Alito’s Oil Money Reveals the Worthlessness of the Supreme Court Ethics Code
Justice Samuel Alito has been ruling on cases involving the oil and gas industry for years. And all the while, fossil fuels have been making him filthy rich. Back in 1990, when President George H.W. Bush nominated Alito to a federal judgeship, Alito disclosed to Congress that his net worth was slightly over $300,000, and he reported no direct interest in oil and gas extraction. By 2005, when Alito was nominated to the Supreme Court, he reported …
'Shamelessly Corrupt': Recusal From Climate Cases Demanded After Alito's Fossil Fuel Profits Exposed
“A reasonable person would think if you’re invested in the industry that could benefit from the outcome of a lawsuit, then you could personally stand to benefit from the outcome," said one critic.
Samuel Alito may have made millions from industry he backed in court: report
One of the most conservative members of the Supreme Court has raked in millions from an industry he's ruled in favor of in previous cases, according to a new analysis. The Guardian reported on Tuesday that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has made up to $2.9 million from "fossil fuel interests" while he's been on the court. He made that money while also signing onto rulings that slashed environmental regulations, the analysis found. "The analy…
Alito To Hear Climate Case As He Profits From Big Oil
The Guardian reports: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from his fossil fuel interests between 2005 and 2024, a new review of financial disclosures shows. The analysis from the non-profit advocacy group and judicial watchdog Court Accountability, shared exclusively with the Guardian, found that even at the lowest range of estimates, Alito gained almost $400,000 from his oil and gas interests since being tapped for the high co…
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