6/27/2023 0 Comments Quick notes for book reports![]() ![]() The justice has received a total of $655,000 from the publishing conglomerate in recent years, according to his 2018, 20 disclosures. Gorsuch published “A Republic, If You Can Keep It” in 2019 through Penguin. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson set to publish 'Lovely One' memoir REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles as she participates in a photo opportunity with Chief Justice John Roberts on the front steps outside the court following an investiture ceremony for Justice Jackson in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2022. The disclosures for 2022 are not yet available. Her disclosure forms for the years 2017 through 2021 show that the company has paid her nearly $500,000 in book royalties and advances during that period. In financial disclosure forms for 20, Sotomayor reported receiving book advances from Knopf Doubleday that totaled $3.1 million. The group is part of the publishing conglomerate Penguin Random House. Roth said that Breyer, who retired in 2022, likely recused himself from the cases because he owns stock in a company that for a time had a large stake in Penguin.įor her part, Sotomayor, who is currently the court’s senior liberal, has published several books since joining the bench, including a few children’s books and a memoir, “My Beloved World,” which was published in 2013 by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Gabe Roth, executive director of Fix the Court, told CNN that the federal law concerning recusal has long been interpreted as applying to stock ownership on the part of the justice or a close family member. In both cases, former liberal Justice Stephen Breyer, who also has received book royalties from the publisher, recused himself. The court does not typically say publicly how a justice voted in a decision over whether to take up an appeal, but it does briefly note when a recusal has occurred. The Supreme Court did not respond for comment. Watchdog groups have been especially focused on the court’s recusal practices, an area they say is ripe for reform given that no mechanism exists for ensuring a justice won’t participate in a case in which they might have a conflict. The Supreme Court has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks following a series of reports on ethical lapses among some justices related to a lack of transparency around their financial disclosures. The justices’ actions were earlier reported by Fix the Court, a watchdog group that presses for more transparency from the judiciary, and The Daily Wire. Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who joined the court in 2009 and has been paid millions of dollars from the publisher over the years, declined to recuse herself in all three instances.Ĭonservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, who joined the court in 2017 and also has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in book deals with the publisher, declined to disqualify himself from the more recent case when it came before the court for consideration. ![]() ProPublica: GOP megadonor paid private school tuition for grandnephew of Justice Clarence Thomas (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The Senate confirmed Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court today by a vote of 52-48. Supreme Court Associate Justice on the South Lawn of the White House Octoin Washington, DC. WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 26: Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas attends the ceremonial swearing-in ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett to be the U.S.
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