Tell The Media: Cover The Supreme Court's Ethics Scandals

New reporting about Justice Samuel Alito’s son receiving a secretive job tied to the Trump administration raises serious new questions about ethics, favoritism, and corruption at the highest levels of the judiciary. When Supreme Court justices and their families appear connected to political networks benefiting from decisions, appointments, or influence, it threatens public trust in the independence of the Court itself.

Yet too much mainstream media coverage treats these revelations as isolated ethics concerns or insider controversies rather than confronting the broader corruption crisis surrounding the Supreme Court. Over the last several years, the public has learned about undisclosed gifts, luxury travel, political relationships, and financial entanglements involving multiple justices. These are not minor lapses—they are systemic accountability failures inside one of the most powerful institutions in American life.

We call on major news organizations to cover these revelations with urgency and depth—investigating political ties, conflicts of interest, and the growing perception that the Supreme Court operates without meaningful ethical oversight. The public deserves reporting that treats judicial corruption as a national crisis, not a sidebar to partisan politics.