AOC slams Supreme Court for ‘selling rulings’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Criticizes Justice Alito for Ties to Billionaire in Student Loan Debt Case
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has taken aim at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for his involvement in striking down President Joe Biden’s student loan debt cancellation plan. Ocasio-Cortez highlighted Alito’s connections to a billionaire who lobbied against the plan, accusing the justice of accepting lavish gifts from the billionaire.
“Justice Alito accepted tens of thousands of dollars in lavish vacation gifts from a billionaire who lobbied to cancel the student loan forgiveness,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted following the ruling Friday morning.
Alito’s ties to billionaire Paul Singer came to light when it was revealed that the justice had accepted a luxury fishing trip from Singer, a prominent GOP donor. Alito failed to disclose this gift on his financial filings in 2008. Singer is the chairman of the Manhattan Institute, which supported the challengers in the student loan cases alongside the Cato Institute.
“After the gifts, Alito voted to overturn. This SCOTUS’ corruption undercuts its own legitimacy by putting its rulings up for sale,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
In the 6-3 decision, Alito did not write the majority opinion or a concurrence. The ruling deemed Biden’s executive order, which aimed to cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for certain borrowers, unconstitutional and an unlawful exercise of presidential power.
Earlier this month, ProPublica published a story revealing Alito’s undisclosed luxury fishing trip with Singer. Alito responded to the attack by ProPublica in the Wall Street Journal, arguing that personal hospitality did not have to be reported until recently. He claimed that Singer was not listed as a party in the cases before the Supreme Court where his hedge fund, NML Capital, was involved.
Ocasio-Cortez, along with Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), called for alternative approaches to address student loan debt relief. Ocasio-Cortez suggested utilizing the Higher Ed Act to continue loan forgiveness before payments resume.
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