SUSPICIOUS TIMING

Samuel Alito Sold Anheuser-Busch Stock During Right-Wing Boycott: Report

The disclosure raises questions about his political activities just as the High Court faces a number of ethical scandals.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sold off a chunk of stock in Anheuser-Busch Inbev in August 2023, just as a vicious right-wing boycott campaign of the company was reaching full swing, according to financial disclosure reports first spotted by the Substack page Law Dork. The boycott was ostensibly in reaction to a limited social media partnership between trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney and Bud Light, one of AB-Inbev’s best-selling brands. The boycott campaign turned out to be a rare success for anti-LGBTQ activists, likely leading to more than $1 billion in lost sales and at one point wiping up to $27 billion off the company’s market cap. Alito did not respond to Law Dork’s request for comment, though the disclosure raises questions about his political activities just as the High Court faces numerous ethical scandals. Last week it was revealed that an upside down American flag was spotted outside Alito’s home in the days leading up to President Joe Biden’s inauguration. The symbol was widely adopted at the time by backers of then-President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” movement. The revelation has led to numerous calls for Alito to recuse himself from 2020 election-related cases that come before the court.