Quote:US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has received payments totaling nearly $3 million for her memoir, "Lovely One," according to a financial disclosure report released in June. This makes Jackson one of the highest-paid authors among Supreme Court justices, according to reports.

The book, published in September 2024, debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times bestseller list upon its release. According to the financial statement, Jackson reported receiving a $2,068,750 advance for the book in 2024, in addition to the approximately $900,000 she was paid by publisher Penguin Random House in 2023, per Politico.

The publishing company also provided Jackson with reimbursements for food, lodging, and transportation for her nationwide promotional book tour, according to the report, with stops in major cities such as Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, and Miami. According to a book description on Amazon, "Lovely One" is described as "tracing [Jackson's] family's ascent from segregation to her confirmation on America's highest court within the span of one generation."

The Supreme Court recently enacted a formal rule of ethics for accepting gifts and free travel; however, the amount that justices can currently earn from book deals remains uncapped, Fox News reported.

"Last month, Barrett, Jackson, Gorsuch, and Sotomayor recused themselves from a decision over whether to hear a case involving the parent company of the book publisher Penguin Random House. The justices did not explain their reasoning for sitting out the discussion, but an ethics expert said it was probably because the case involved the German company Bertelsmann, which owns the publishing house that has published or will be publishing their books," the Washington Post reported.

Jackson's earnings roughly match the amount Justice Sonia Sotomayor received as an advance for her 2014 autobiography, "My Beloved World." Sotomayor estimated collecting approximately $132,000 in 2024 from Penguin Random House for her previous works and a forthcoming one, according to the financial disclosure report. Fix the Court, a SCOTUS watchdog group, reported that Sotomayor has earned a total of $3.9 million in advances and royalties for her books, according to Politico.

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Insane. Corrupt.

(06-18-2025 05:41 PM)No Bull Wrote:  Insane. Corrupt.

Wonder how many cases of those books were purchased by law firms that go in front of the SCOTUS?

GRIFTER!

Title: DEI works for ME

(06-18-2025 06:07 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  GRIFTER!

This right here^^^

Where are all the liberals with their pearl clutching condemnations of politicians grifting riches? Book deals are the easiest grift in all of DC.


A legitimate concern directed at one party. They just have no shame.

(06-18-2025 09:08 PM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  Where are all the liberals with their pearl clutching condemnations of politicians grifting riches? Book deals are the easiest grift in all of DC.

Very true.

Way back in 1989, the Speaker of the House — Jim Wright from Ft. Worth TX — was pressured to resign and finally did so, very much against his will. There were lots of pieces to that puzzle but a phony book deal was one of the big ones.

She's not a biologist but she is an author

I can't wait to not buy it.

(06-18-2025 06:02 PM)Eagleaidaholic Wrote:  

(06-18-2025 05:41 PM)No Bull Wrote:  Insane. Corrupt.

Wonder how many cases of those books were purchased by law firms that go in front of the SCOTUS?

I saw Killary Clintons book at the Dollar Store before the prices went up. I still didn't buy it. Who would want to read so many lies, only a Demonic.

I remember when it came out my wife and I were at a Christmas party and many of those Demonics present were going ape over someone getting it as a gift even the cat lady who said Trump was insane but thought she wasn't, not even after owning 29 CATS. Oh no, she was perfectly sane, in her mind. She's dead now so Biden didn't get her vote, or maybe he did. Demonics are able to vote from the grave.

(06-19-2025 09:54 AM)olliebaba Wrote:  I can't wait to not buy it.

it came out last year.

"How to get rich without knowing a dang thing about anything."

(06-19-2025 09:54 AM)olliebaba Wrote:  I can't wait to not buy it.

Me too!