{"id":1969512,"date":"2023-07-11T11:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sotomayor-uses-supreme-court-staff-to-hawk-her-books\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T11:14:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:14:37","slug":"sotomayor-uses-supreme-court-staff-to-hawk-her-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sotomayor-uses-supreme-court-staff-to-hawk-her-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotomayor exploits Supreme Court staff to promote her books."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsotomayor-uses-supreme-court-staff-to-hawk-her-books%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1969512&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor&#8217;s Controversial Book Sales<\/h2>\n<p>Staffers for Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor have been actively promoting the purchase of her books by colleges and libraries, a practice that has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethics-experts-alarmed-by-nearly-100-decrease-in-clinton-foundation-donations-since-250-million-peak-in-2009\/\" title=\"Ethics Experts Alarmed By Nearly 100% Decrease In Clinton Foundation Donations Since 0 Million Peak In 2009\u00a0\">raised ethical concerns<\/a>. Critics argue that this behavior is questionable and goes against ethical standards.<\/p>\n<p>Sotomayor, who has earned over $3.7 million from her memoir and children&#8217;s book sales since joining the Court in 2009, has utilized her staff to encourage institutions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russias-northern-neighbour-spooked-finns-buy-up-iodine-tablets-prepare-beds-for-refugees\/\" title=\"Russia's Northern Neighbour Spooked: Finns Buy Up Iodine Tablets, Prepare Beds for Refugees\">buy large quantities<\/a> of her books during her speaking engagements, according to the Associated Press. This practice is not allowed for members of Congress and the executive branch due to government ethics rules, but the Supreme Court is not obligated to follow these rules.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Court stated that its staffers assist in advising venues on book ordering for events. They recommend the number of books to order based on the audience size, ensuring that attendees are not disappointed by the unavailability of books at an event.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, records requests have revealed instances where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sotomayor-uses-supreme-court-staff-to-hawk-her-books\/\" title=\"Sotomayor exploits Supreme Court staff to promote her books.\">staffers actively pushed event organizers<\/a> to purchase books. Aide Anh Le, for example, urged workers at the Multnomah County Library to acquire more copies of Sotomayor&#8217;s book, Just Ask, ahead of a 2019 visit. Le emphasized the importance of having enough books to meet the demand, as families often purchase multiple copies and attendees would be upset if the required book was sold out.<\/p>\n<p>Kedric Payne, a former congressional ethics official, criticized the aides&#8217; conduct, stating that it violates &#8220;one of the most basic tenets of ethics laws that protects taxpayer dollars from misuse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sotomayor&#8217;s approach to promoting her books stands out among other justices. The AP reported that while justices are allowed to earn money through book sales, Sotomayor has been particularly proactive in leveraging publicly sponsored travel to boost her book sales. Emails and records reviewed by the AP support this claim.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Sotomayor&#8217;s publisher, Penguin Random House, has also played a role in organizing her talks. Emails reveal that the publisher has pressured public institutions to commit to buying a specific number of copies or requested that attendees purchase books to obtain tickets. It is worth noting that the publisher has had several matters before the court in which Sotomayor did not recuse herself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>to promote the sale of her books, urging colleges and libraries to buy them. Critics find this ethically dubious as Supreme Court justice Sonya Sotomayor has made over $3.7 million from book sales since 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1969513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}