Free Beyoncé tickets and massive book deals are among the many perks of being a Supreme Court docket justice, monetary disclosures launched Friday revealed.
The filings from eight of the court docket’s 9 justices listed outdoors revenue, items acquired and investments made by the jurists final 12 months, all of which they’re required to reveal yearly.
4 justices – Brett Kavanaugh, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Neil Gorsuch and Sonia Sotomayor – reported raking in almost $1.6 million from guide offers and royalties in 2023.
The very best sum was reported by Jackson, President Biden’s most recent appointee, who acquired a $893,750 advance from Penguin Random Home for her upcoming memoir, “Pretty One.”
Kavanaugh disclosed that he earned $340,000 in royalty revenue for a yet-to-be-published “legal memoir.”
Gorsuch reported $250,000 in guide royalties from HarperCollins Publishers, and Sotomayor listed almost $87,000 in book-related cash from Penguin Random Home.
The disclosures additionally require the justices to itemize any items acquired whereas sitting on the bench.
Jackson reported receiving 4 live performance tickets valued at $3,700 from Grammy Award-winning singer Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.
She additionally mentioned she was gifted art work for her Supreme Court docket chamber valued at $12,500.
Justice Clarence Thomas, who beforehand failed to disclose trips he took with billionaire Republican donor Harlan Crow, famous that in 2023 he acquired two picture albums from Terrence and Barbara Giroux value $2,000.
Terrence Giroux is the manager director of the Horatio Alger Affiliation, a nonprofit that gives faculty scholarships to low-income college students.
Justices additionally needed to report some other revenue they acquired apart from their Supreme Court docket paychecks.
Sotomayor reported an $1,879 cost from Fred Rogers Productions for lending her voice to the animated PBS youngsters’s present “Alma’s Method.” She additionally disclosed that she has a rental property in Miami that introduced in between $5,001 and $15,000 in revenue in 2023.
Justice Elena Kagan revealed that she rented out a parking area in Washington, DC, that generated between $15,001 to $50,000 for her final 12 months.
A number of of the justices additionally reported receiving modest salaries from educating gigs at legislation faculties.
Gorsuch made $29,798 from a place at George Mason College, Kavanaugh earned $25,000 from the College of Notre Dame Legislation Faculty and Justice Amy Coney Barrett acquired $14,947 from Notre Dame as properly.
The eight affiliate justices obtain a $298,500 a 12 months wage for his or her work on the bench. Chief Justice John Roberts will get paid $312,200 for his place.
Justice Samuel Alito didn’t file his disclosures Friday and acquired a 90-day extension.
