Justice Alito's Controversial Trips and Op-Ed Draw Scrutiny and Criticism.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is facing scrutiny over a previously undisclosed luxury fishing trip he took with a prominent conservative donor over a decade ago. The trip was paid for by Robin Arkley II, a prolific donor to conservative legal causes, and included room and board at Alaska’s pricey King Salmon Lodge. Alito denies any wrongdoing and wrote a defensive op-ed in The Wall Street Journal preemptively denying the allegations. The report comes amid ongoing discussions about the Supreme Court’s policy for gift disclosures and calls for ethics reform on the nation’s highest court.