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Alito Earned $2.9 Million from Fossil-Fuel Ties, Skips Disclosure

8/12/2026

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Alito Earns Fossil

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito earned up to $2.9 million from fossil-fuel interests between 2005 and 2024.
The Grady County parcel his wife valued at $100,000-$250,000, leased to Citizen Energy in 2022, generated an oil-profit share from the company’s $2 billion 2024 sale that fed Alito’s earnings.
Alito has not filed his 2025 financial-disclosure form due May 15 and declined to recuse himself from the Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil case scheduled for October 5 2026.

Summary

Alito Stays

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. told the Wall Street Journal he will remain on the Court for a term, ending retirement rumors.
Senate Republicans hold a 53-47 advantage, meaning a Democratic win in the 2026 midterms could block any future Trump-appointed successor as Democrats have re-introduced a term-limits act proposing 18-year service limits.
President Donald Trump praised decision on Truth Social, calling Alito “one of the Greatest of All Time.”

History

Historical Context

Since a 2004 Los Angeles Times report revealed that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted gifts from donor Harlan Crow—including a $105,000 Yale portrait fund—Congressional probes have uncovered roughly $4.2 million in undisclosed benefits over two decades. The 2023 Senate Judiciary investigation revived that scrutiny, intensifying calls for tighter ethics rules for Supreme Court justices.

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Alito Earns Fossil

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito earned up to $2.9 million from fossil-fuel interests between 2005 and 2024.
The Grady County parcel his wife valued at $100,000-$250,000, leased to Citizen Energy in 2022, generated an oil-profit share from the company’s $2 billion 2024 sale that fed Alito’s earnings.
Alito has not filed his 2025 financial-disclosure form due May 15 and declined to recuse himself from the Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil case scheduled for October 5 2026.

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