{"id":1970219,"date":"2023-07-11T20:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T00:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethics-alert-supreme-court-justice-sotomayor-used-taxpayer-funded-court-staff-to-sell-her-book\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T20:37:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T00:37:11","slug":"ethics-alert-supreme-court-justice-sotomayor-used-taxpayer-funded-court-staff-to-sell-her-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethics-alert-supreme-court-justice-sotomayor-used-taxpayer-funded-court-staff-to-sell-her-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Sotomayor&#8217;s Book Sales Involved Taxpayer-Funded Court Staff"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fethics-alert-supreme-court-justice-sotomayor-used-taxpayer-funded-court-staff-to-sell-her-book%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=1970219&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--><h2>Taxpayer-Funded Staff of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Boost Book Sales<\/h2>\n<p>A detailed report reveals that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rep-slotkin-accused-of-using-taxpayer-funded-resources-for-campaign\/\" title=\"Democrat Rep. Slotkin Accused of Using Taxpayer Funded Resources for Campaign\">taxpayer-funded staff<\/a> of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor have actively collaborated with schools and libraries to enhance her book sales.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/supreme-court-sotomayor-book-sales-ethics-colleges-b2cb93493f927f995829762cb8338c02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a> reports that Sotomayor has earned a staggering $3.7 million from book sales since joining the court in 2009, with $400,000 of that amount coming in since 2019 from sales of her children\u2019s books.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike other branches of government, the Supreme Court lacks a formal code of ethical conduct, allowing taxpayer-funded staff to engage in such activities.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of the most basic tenets of ethics laws that <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.\">protects taxpayer dollars<\/a> from misuse,\u201d said Kedric Payne, a former deputy chief counsel at the Office of Congressional Ethics and current general counsel for the Campaign Legal Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem at the Supreme Court is there\u2019s no one there to say whether this is wrong,\u201d Payne added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The report highlights a specific incident in 2019, where Sotomayor&#8217;s aide Anh Le promoted book sales before an event sponsored by Portland Community College and the Multnomah County Library in Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>Although the event was free, Le encouraged attendees to purchase books to meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gorsuch-humiliates-sotomayor-adrift-dissent-quality-leftist-justices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sotomayor<\/a>. In an email to library and college staff, Le wrote, \u201cPlease also let them know that they can attend the signing line to meet the Justice even if they are not able to attend the event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similar conversations were reported before appearances at the University of California, Davis, and the University of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>The Multnomah County Library defended itself by stating that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethics-alert-supreme-court-justice-sotomayor-used-taxpayer-funded-court-staff-to-sell-her-book\/\" title=\"Justice Sotomayor's Book Sales Involved Taxpayer-Funded Court Staff\">local independent bookseller made books<\/a> available for purchase at the event.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23870397-supreme-court-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> clarifying that chambers staff assist the Justices in complying with judicial ethics guidance for visits and publications. The statement emphasized that attendees should not be required to purchase books to attend events.<\/p>\n<p>Recent reports have also alleged that Justices <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/clarence-thomass-alleged-ethic-violations-absolutely-debunked-called-laughably-stupid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clarence Thomas<\/a> and Samuel Alito have accepted gifts from individuals with interests before the court, prompting the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhether you agree or disagree with the most recent historic decisions by the Supreme Court, we hope we can all agree on one thing \u2014 these nine justices have extraordinary powers under our Constitution,\u201d Democratic Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Dick Durbin of Illinois said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe belief that they should not be held accountable or even disclose lavish gifts from wealthy benefactors is an affront to the nation they were chosen to serve. To hold these nine Justices to the same standard as every other federal judge is not a radical or partisan notion. Since the Court won\u2019t act, Congress will.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For more information, read the full article: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ethics-alert-supreme-court-justice-sotomayor-used-taxpayer-funded-court-staff-sell-book\/\">Ethics Alert: Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Used Taxpayer-Funded Court Staff to Sell Her Book<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>least $1.9 million with the help of taxpayer-funded staff, who collaborated with educational institutions to promote her books, as per an extensive report. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s book sales have reached $3.7 million since her appointment, with $1.9 million attributed to the joint efforts of her staff and educational establishments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1970220,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1970219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/1970219","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1970219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1970220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1970219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1970219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1970219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}