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Amo Supports Legislation to Hold Supreme Court Justices Accountable
Gabe Amo, candidate for Congress, on today's ProPublica article on Justice Samuel Alito's acceptance of a luxury fishing trip.
Today, Gabe Amo released the following statement after reading the ProPublica article outlining Justice Samuel Alito’s acceptance of a luxury fishing trip from billionaire GOP donor Paul Singer and subsequent failure to recuse himself from cases involving Singer’s hedge-funds.
“The news that Justice Alito wined and dined with mega-donor to the conservative judicial movement, Paul Singer, is the latest in a saga of serious ethics concerns around our nation’s highest court.
“A lifetime confirmation to the Supreme Court was never meant to be a launching pad to a luxurious life of undisclosed trips on private jets and dinner parties with the uber-wealthy, some of whom have business before the Court.
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“As a member of Congress, I pledge to support legislation, like that championed by our very own Senator Whitehouse, to hold Supreme Court justices accountable by requiring the Court to implement and publicize a code of conduct and enact more strict guidelines for recusals and the disclosure of gifts and travel expenses.”
About Gabe Amo:
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Gabe Amo is a proud Rhode Islander, a Pawtucket native, and the son of Ghanaian and Liberian immigrants. His mother is a nurse and his father is a small business owner. He graduated from Moses Brown School in Providence, where he was President of the Student Senate and received the Rhode Island Secretary of State’s Civic Leadership Award. Gabe graduated from Wheaton College magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and was also President of the Student Government Association. He received a Truman Scholarship for public service, and after graduating, received a Marshall Scholarship to study public policy at Oxford.
Gabe Amo’s commitment to service inspired him to work in the Obama and Biden administrations, as well as for former Governor Gina Raimondo. Under President Obama, Gabe served in the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. He was then appointed by former Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo to serve as her Director of Public Engagement and Community Affairs. Most recently and until April 2023, Gabe served as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, where he served as President Biden’s principal liaison to mayors and local elected officials.
