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 Ethical controversies have grown during the 2020s, with reports of justices (and their close family members) accepting expensive gifts, travel, business deals, and speaking fees without oversight or [[recusal]]s from cases that present conflicts of interest.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 7, 2023 |title=Can America's Supreme Court police itself? |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/09/07/can-americas-supreme-court-police-itself |access-date=September 21, 2023 |issn=0013-0613 |archive-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921010330/https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/09/07/can-americas-supreme-court-police-itself |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Slodysko |first1=Bryan |last2=Tucker |first2=Eric |date=July 11, 2023 |title=Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor's staff prodded colleges and libraries to buy her books |url=https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-sotomayor-book-sales-ethics-colleges-b2cb93493f927f995829762cb8338c02 |access-date=November 13, 2023 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=November 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113215428/https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-sotomayor-book-sales-ethics-colleges-b2cb93493f927f995829762cb8338c02 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gerber |first=Scott Douglas |date=April 23, 2021 |title=Opinion: Why Supreme Court justices should not be signing $2 million book deals |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/549501-supreme-court-justices-should-not-be-signing-million-dollar-book-deals/ |access-date=March 26, 2023 |website=The Hill |language=en-US |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326220528/https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/549501-supreme-court-justices-should-not-be-signing-million-dollar-book-deals/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Liptak |first=Adam |author-link=Adam Liptak |date=June 22, 2016 |title=Justices Disclose Privately Paid Trips and Gifts |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/23/us/politics/justices-disclose-privately-paid-trips-and-gifts.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213193547/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/23/us/politics/justices-disclose-privately-paid-trips-and-gifts.html |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Berman |first1=Mark |last2=Markon |first2=Jerry |date=February 17, 2016 |title=Why Justice Scalia was staying for free at a Texas resort |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/02/17/justice-scalias-death-and-questions-about-who-pays-for-supreme-court-justices-to-visit-remote-resorts/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624001801/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/02/17/justice-scalias-death-and-questions-about-who-pays-for-supreme-court-justices-to-visit-remote-resorts/ |archive-date=June 24, 2017}}</ref><ref name="NYT226">{{cite news |last=Lipton |first=Eric |date=February 26, 2016 |title=Scalia Took Dozens of Trips Funded by Private Sponsors |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/us/politics/scalia-led-court-in-taking-trips-funded-by-private-sponsors.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107010320/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/us/politics/scalia-led-court-in-taking-trips-funded-by-private-sponsors.html |archive-date=January 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=O'Brien |first=Reity |date=June 20, 2014 |title=Justice Obscured: Supreme court justices earn quarter-million in cash on the side |publisher=[[Center for Public Integrity]] |url=https://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/06/20/14981/supreme-court-justices-earn-quarter-million-cash-side |url-status=live |access-date=July 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712155235/https://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/06/20/14981/supreme-court-justices-earn-quarter-million-cash-side |archive-date=July 12, 2017}}</ref> Spousal income and connections to cases has been redacted from the Justices' ethical disclosure forms<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Fuchs |first1=Hailey |last2=Gerstein |first2=Josh |last3=Canellos |first3=Peter |date=September 29, 2022 |title=Justices shield spouses' work from potential conflict of interest disclosures |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/29/justices-spouses-conflict-of-interest-disclosures-00059549 |access-date=October 5, 2022 |website=POLITICO |language=en |archive-date=October 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005044753/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/29/justices-spouses-conflict-of-interest-disclosures-00059549 |url-status=live }}</ref> while justices, such as [[Samuel Alito]] and [[Clarence Thomas]], [[Clarence Thomas#Nondisclosure of finances|failed to disclose many large financial gifts]] including free vacations valued at as much as $500,000.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Dustin |date=May 5, 2023 |title=What to know about the Supreme Court and ethical concerns |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/05/05/1174057179/supreme-court-congress-ethical-hearing |access-date=May 5, 2023 |archive-date=May 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505212955/https://www.npr.org/2023/05/05/1174057179/supreme-court-congress-ethical-hearing |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaplan |first1=Joshua |title=Friends of the Court |url=https://www.propublica.org/series/supreme-court-scotus |access-date=February 11, 2024 |publisher=ProPublica}}</ref> In 2024, Justices Alito and Thomas refused calls to recuse themselves from [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|January 6th]] cases where their spouses have taken public stances or been involved in efforts to overturn the election.<ref name="NYT-202405293">{{cite news |last=Raskin |first=Jamie |author-link=Jamie Raskin |date=May 29, 2024 |title=Jamie Raskin: How to Force Justices Alito and Thomas to Recuse Themselves in the Jan. 6 Cases |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/opinion/alito-thomas-recuse-trump-jan-6.html |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240529182827/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/opinion/alito-thomas-recuse-trump-jan-6.html |archivedate=May 29, 2024 |accessdate=May 29, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pilkington |first=Ed |date=May 31, 2024 |title=Samuel Alito's refusal to recuse himself in Trump v US is another ethics breach |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/31/samuel-alito-trump-recusal-ethics-breach |access-date=2024-06-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Millhiser |first=Ian |author-link=Ian Millhiser |date=May 29, 2024 |title=Alito says the Supreme Court's fake ethics code allows him to be unethical |url=https://www.vox.com/scotus/352380/supreme-court-alito-ethics-recusal-insurrection-flags |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Vox |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=David |date=2024-06-15 |title=How the US supreme court could be a key election issue: 'They've grown too powerful' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/jun/15/supreme-court-election-issue |access-date=2024-06-15 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In 2017, Neil Gorsuch sold a property he co-owned for $1.8 million to the CEO of [[Greenberg Traurig|a prominent law firm]],<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last1=Schneider |first1=Jessica |last2=Sneed |first2=Tierney |date=2023-04-25 |title=Justice Neil Gorsuch's property sale to prominent lawyer raises more ethical questions {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/25/politics/gorsuch-property-sale-lawyer-ethics/index.html |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> who was not listed on his ethics form when reporting a profit of between $250,000 and $500,000.<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stieb |first=Matt |date=2023-04-25 |title=It's Neil Gorsuch's Turn for a Financial Scandal |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/04/its-neil-gorsuchs-turn-for-a-financial-scandal.html |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Intelligencer |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wang |first=Amy B. |date=2023-05-11 |title=Gorsuch property sale renews calls for Supreme Court ethics reform |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/25/neil-gorsuch-property-sale-law-firm-ethics/ |access-date=2024-08-23 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
-The criticism intensified after the 2024 ''[[Trump v. United States (2024)|Trump v. United States]]'' decision granted broad immunity to presidents, with Representative [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] saying she would introduce impeachment articles when Congress is back in session.<ref>{{cite web |last=Levien |first=Simon |date=July 1, 2024 |title=Supreme Court Gives Trump Substantial Immunity From Prosecution |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/01/us/trump-immunity-supreme-court/3c9b3a9a-897e-5ca5-a810-ed8d11bca015?smid=url-share |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701182808/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/01/us/trump-immunity-supreme-court/3c9b3a9a-897e-5ca5-a810-ed8d11bca015?smid=url-share |archive-date=July 1, 2024 |access-date= |work=The New York Times}}</ref> On July 10, 2024, she filed Articles of Impeachment against Thomas and Alito, citing their "widely documented financial and personal entanglements."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://time.com/6997245/aoc-impeachment-supreme-court-clarence-thomas-samuel-alito/ | title=AOC Moves to Impeach Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Alito | date=July 11, 2024 |first=Kimberly Strawbridge |last=Robinson }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-rep-ocasio-cortez-calls-impeachment-supreme-courts-thomas-alito-2024-07-10/ |date=July 10, 2024 |work=[[Reuters]] |first1=Moira |last1=Warburton |first2=Makini |last2=Brice |title=Ocasio-Cortez seeks US House impeachment of Supreme Court's Thomas, Alito}}</ref><ref name=Impeach/><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hartmann |first=Thom |author-link=Thom Hartmann |date=July 12, 2024 |title=AOC's Move on Thomas and Alito Has All the Right Historical Echoes |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/183762/aoc-impeachment-thomas-alito-historical-echoes |access-date=2024-07-14 |magazine=The New Republic |issn=0028-6583}}</ref> As of late July, 2024, nearly 1.4 million people had signed a [[moveon.org]] petition asking Congress to remove Justice Thomas.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/move-on-petition-to-impeach-justice-clarence-thomas-gets-1-4-million-signatures/ | title=Move-On petition to impeach Justice Clarence Thomas gets 1.4 million signatures | date=July 26, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/clarence-thomas-must-go | title=Clarence Thomas must be removed from the Supreme Court! }}</ref>
+The criticism intensified after the 2024 ''[[Trump v. United States (2024)|Trump v. United States]]'' decision granted broad immunity to presidents, with Representative [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] saying she would introduce impeachment articles when Congress is back in session.<ref>{{cite web |last=Levien |first=Simon |date=July 1, 2024 |title=Supreme Court Gives Trump Substantial Immunity From Prosecution |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/01/us/trump-immunity-supreme-court/3c9b3a9a-897e-5ca5-a810-ed8d11bca015?smid=url-share |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701182808/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/01/us/trump-immunity-supreme-court/3c9b3a9a-897e-5ca5-a810-ed8d11bca015?smid=url-share |archive-date=July 1, 2024 |access-date= |work=The New York Times}}</ref> On July 10, 2024, she filed Articles of Impeachment against Thomas and Alito, citing their "widely documented financial and personal entanglements."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://time.com/6997245/aoc-impeachment-supreme-court-clarence-thomas-samuel-alito/ | title=AOC Moves to Impeach Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Alito | date=July 11, 2024 |first=Kimberly Strawbridge |last=Robinson }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-rep-ocasio-cortez-calls-impeachment-supreme-courts-thomas-alito-2024-07-10/ |date=July 10, 2024 |work=Reuters |first1=Moira |last1=Warburton |first2=Makini |last2=Brice |title=Ocasio-Cortez seeks US House impeachment of Supreme Court's Thomas, Alito}}</ref><ref name=Impeach/><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hartmann |first=Thom |author-link=Thom Hartmann |date=July 12, 2024 |title=AOC's Move on Thomas and Alito Has All the Right Historical Echoes |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/183762/aoc-impeachment-thomas-alito-historical-echoes |access-date=2024-07-14 |magazine=The New Republic |issn=0028-6583}}</ref> As of late July, 2024, nearly 1.4 million people had signed a [[moveon.org]] petition asking Congress to remove Justice Thomas.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/move-on-petition-to-impeach-justice-clarence-thomas-gets-1-4-million-signatures/ | title=Move-On petition to impeach Justice Clarence Thomas gets 1.4 million signatures | date=July 26, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/clarence-thomas-must-go | title=Clarence Thomas must be removed from the Supreme Court! }}</ref>
 President Biden proposed term limits for justices, an enforceable ethics code, and elimination of "immunity for crimes a former president committed while in office".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Biden |first=Joe |date=July 29, 2024 |title=Joe Biden: My plan to reform the Supreme Court and ensure no president is above the law |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/29/joe-biden-reform-supreme-court-presidential-immunity-plan-announcement/ |url-status=live |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801043218/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/29/joe-biden-reform-supreme-court-presidential-immunity-plan-announcement/ |archive-date=2024-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 29, 2024 |title=Biden calls for term limits, enforceable ethics rules for Supreme Court justices |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/07/29/nx-s1-5055094/biden-supreme-court |url-status=live |website=NPR |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731093637/https://www.npr.org/2024/07/29/nx-s1-5055094/biden-supreme-court |archive-date=2024-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/29/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-bold-plan-to-reform-the-supreme-court-and-ensure-no-president-is-above-the-law/|title=FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Bold Plan to Reform the Supreme Court and Ensure No President Is Above the Law|date=29 July 2024|website=Whitehouse.gov}}</ref>