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Updated · Fix the Court · Jun 29
Supreme Court Disclosures Show $2.4 Million in 2025 Book Earnings as Jackson Tops $4.14 Million
Updated
Updated · Fix the Court · Jun 29

Supreme Court Disclosures Show $2.4 Million in 2025 Book Earnings as Jackson Tops $4.14 Million

3 articles · Updated · Fix the Court · Jun 29

Summary

  • Eight justices' 2025 financial disclosures showed more than $2.4 million in book income, with Ketanji Brown Jackson collecting $1.18 million last year and overtaking Sonia Sotomayor in cumulative post-confirmation earnings.
  • Jackson's total reached $4.14 million versus Sotomayor's $4.06 million; Amy Coney Barrett added $849,072 from a second tranche of her advance, and Neil Gorsuch earned $300,361.
  • Sotomayor's filing also appeared to show $4,333 in free Bad Bunny concert tickets for her and guests, while the report said one gift above the disclosure threshold was omitted.
  • The disclosures renewed ethics questions around lucrative book deals, gifts and travel, with Fix the Court arguing seven-figure advances can pressure justices to promote books before ideologically aligned audiences.
  • Samuel Alito again received an extension on his filing, leaving any 2025 income from his forthcoming book undisclosed for now; only Chief Justice John Roberts reported owning individual stocks.

Insights

Is public disclosure of large gifts and payments enough to protect the court's integrity?
When outside income vastly exceeds a justice's official salary, can impartiality remain beyond question?
How are all-expenses-paid 'educational' seminars different from privately funded luxury gifts?