Justice Samuel Alito’s 2023 financial disclosure form, made public on Friday, shows that he did not report any reimbursements for travel-related expenses. Additionally, it was revealed that Alito accepted concert tickets worth $900 from a German princess.
Each justice is required to file a financial disclosure every year by May 15 with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, which makes the forms available online in early June.
Alito’s form indicated that he holds three honorary positions, two of which intersect with Catholic causes and scholarship. He serves as an honorary chair of the advisory council for the Center for the Constitution and Catholic Intellectual Tradition, a program at the Catholic University School of Law that promotes scholarship exploring the relevance of the Catholic intellectual tradition for American constitutionalism.
Along with his wife, Martha-Ann, Alito serves as a member of the honorary board for the Franciscan Monastery for the Holy Land, a Washington, D. C. monastery supporting the Holy Land, its people, and its holy sites. The monastery also attracts more than 50,000 visitors per year to see its gardens and full-sized replicas of shrines from the Holy Land.
Alito also serves as an honorary advisory board member for the Bolch Judicial Institute, established at Duke Law School in 2018 to create educational opportunities for sitting judges in the United States.
Alito reported two trips for which he received transportation, food, or lodging in 2022. He received lodging and meals during a trip to Duke University to teach a class and was reimbursed for a four-day trip to Rome paid for by Notre Dame Law School.
Interest in the justices’ financial disclosures intensified last year following reporting by ProPublica about luxury travel not included in several financial disclosures. In April 2023, ProPublica reported that a Dallas billionaire, Harlan Crow, had repeatedly hosted Justice Clarence Thomas on cruises on his super-yacht and private-jet travel. ProPublica also reported last year that Alito did not report a 2008 fishing trip to Alaska in which he flew on a private jet chartered by billionaire Paul Singer. Singer’s hedge fund came before the court several times in the years that followed, but Alito did not recuse himself.
Alito reported one gift in 2023: concert tickets worth $900 from Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, a German princess known as a Catholic activist and proselyte. The form does not indicate who played at the concert.
Justice Samuel Alito continues to maintain a robust investment portfolio, which includes mutual funds and shares in individual companies. Some of these companies, such as Molson Coors, 3M, Abbott Laboratories, Boeing, Caterpillar, and Dow, have a presence in the court.
Alito has reported a gift of $900 concert tickets in his annual financial disclosure. This information was originally published at Howe on the Court.
For further reference, the recommended citation is: Eric, Alito reports gift of $900 concert tickets in annual financial disclosure, SCOTUSblog (Sep. 6, 2024, 12:00 AM), /2024/09/alito-reports-gift-of-900-concert-tickets-in-annual-financial-disclosure/
