Posted on 05/04/2023 5:48:29 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor reportedly accepted nearly $2 million from Penguin Random House in a book deal, and then went on to sit in judgment of a copyright case involving that same company the following year.
According to a report in the Daily Wire, she received $1.9 million from the publishing house in 2012. In 2013, she helped decide whether the court should take up a legal dispute between the company and a classmate of Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, who said his book proposal was stolen and used to make the movie “The Social Network.”
The conservative outlet reported that this was not the only time Justice Sotomayor participated in the justices’ conference about which appeals to grant. It also noted a case involving a woman who claimed the publishing house copied her children’s book.
The justices did not take up either case.
It is not known how Justice Sotomayor voted on whether to take up either case, though she did not publicly recuse herself. When the court declines to hear an appeal, it usually doesn’t publicly say which, if any, among the justices might have wanted to do so.
The Daily Wire estimated that Justice Sotomayor has received more than $3.5 million from Penguin Random House or its subsidiaries over the years.
Justice Sotomayor, appointed to the court in 2009 by former President Obama, has written a number of children’s books.
The revelations about her payments from the publishing house while not recusing herself from cases involving the company come as a series of articles have surfaced in recent weeks against conservative justices, questioning their ethics and conduct while on the bench.
ProPublica reported this week that GOP mega donor Harlan Crow paid private school tuition at two private schools for Justice Clarence Thomas’ great nephew, whom the jurist...
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Different standards. She’s with the MSM side. ie protected. Thomas is on the bad side. Simple to understand...100% of the time.
Move along.
The “wise Latina” has a LOT more ethical conflicts, and is a strong suspect in a certain aspect of release of information prematurely which took place recently. Just sayin’, ya know?
So we don't know if she voted or not.
This story is half-baked.
It’s okay because she’s not the wife of a justice. ;-)
The first? I don’t know. There have been some torturous twisting of the Constitution to justify many decisions, e.g. the ruling that made abortion legal and the ruling that said that a farmer raising grain on his own land was subject to federal regulation because it somehow affected “interstate commerce”.
Until Hunter and Joe came up with the ‘painting’ thing, “Book deals” were the best way for politicians to launder money (outside of Ukraine, anyway).
Will Turbin call for her impeachment. No chance!
Exactly...😎
Need a trial for corruption, a conviction and prison term for her. All of this HAS to stop, no matter which party is involved.
Her clerk (at the time) is the leaker. It’s an open secret.
Her clerk (at the time) is the leaker. It’s an open secret.
"Transparency" does not apply to the Left.
Nothing to see here, we need to investigate Justice Thomas, not a great Justice like Sotomeyer... 🤓
Well, she was right.
Penguin Random House: “ Hey puta Sotomayor, here is 1.9 million for a children’s book that won’t sell and don’t forget our case coming up”.
And neither does "hypocrisy."
Outstanding! We can have impeachment votes on both Justice Thomas and the “wise Latina” on the same day.
Report? Isn’t this stuff public?
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