RBGinsburg, as I recall, got a shitload money for her book and nobody on the Left complained about it nor about the Dems who flew on Epstein’s Pedo Express numerous times or stayed at his houses for a little fun and reportedly little/young girls.
It is in all probablity those judges made decisions not based on the monies they received. Particular the liberal judges. They just vote liberal and The Constitution be damned.
Justice Thomas is a man that has extreme honor and allegiance to The Constitution as are the other conservative judges. Oddly, I suspect monies received by the judges both left and right had nothing to do with their decisions.
However, the Supreme Court needs to clean up its standards for all their judges. If you accept even one dollar from an advocate before you, it is imperative that you recluse yourself from the case. It would be impossible to apply this standard retroactively as all the judges would have to recluse themselves from many cases.
PS
Judge Clarence Thomas is my hero.