{"id":2621133,"date":"2026-06-29T17:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sotomayor-and-bad-bunny-takeaways-from-supreme-court-financial-disclosures\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:22:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:22:03","slug":"sotomayor-and-bad-bunny-takeaways-from-supreme-court-financial-disclosures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sotomayor-and-bad-bunny-takeaways-from-supreme-court-financial-disclosures\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotomayor and Bad Bunny? Takeaways from Supreme Court financial disclosures"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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-and-bad-bunny-takeaways-from-supreme-court-financial-disclosures%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=2621133&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--><p>Last year, Supreme Court justices received various gifts and income sources, including free concert tickets, book deal earnings, and teaching income. All but Justice Samuel alito filed their disclosures on time, with alito requesting extensions. notably, Sonia Sotomayor received $4,333 worth of free Bad Bunny concert tickets from Rimas Entertainment during a visit too Puerto Rico. She did not publicly disclose these tickets explicitly, though they were listed as a gift from the entertainment company. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson earned a $1.18 million book advance via a company controlled by her husband,KayPac LLC,which managed her book earnings,boosting her total author income to over $4 million,making her the top-paid justice in book earnings. several justices also earned money through teaching law courses, with some failing to disclose certain gifts and awards, such as Sotomayor\u2019s medals and Jackson\u2019s award medals. the disclosures highlight the diverse income streams and gifts received by justices, prompting scrutiny over clarity and potential conflicts of interest.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Supreme-Court\/\">Supreme Court<\/a> justices received free concert tickets, money tied to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bokhari-trump-white-houses-weapon-against-deep-state-saboteurs-rattles-establishment-media\/\" title=\"Bokhari: Trump White House&#039;s Weapon Against Deep State Saboteurs Rattles Establishment Media\">lucrative book deals<\/a>, and supplemental income from teaching jobs, according to a <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> review of the high court\u2019s 2025 financial disclosure reports released on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All but Justice <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/samuel-alito\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1232\">Samuel Alito<\/a>, who requested a deadline extension for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-weekend-sports-update\/\" title=\"The Weekend Sports Update\">15th consecutive year<\/a>, filed their annual disclosures on time.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4477468\/supreme-court-expands-trump-power-fire-officials-independent-agencies\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court expands Trump\u2019s power to fire officials at independent agencies<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4628451\/supreme-court-declines-trump-appeal-e-jean-carroll-verdict\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court declines to hear Trump\u2019s appeal of E. Jean Carroll verdict<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4568081\/supreme-court-blocks-trump-firing-lisa-cook-fed\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court blocks Trump from firing Federal Reserve\u2019s Lisa Cook<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<h2 id=\"h-sonia-sotomayor-s-free-bad-bunny-concert-tickets\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sonia Sotomayor\u2019s free Bad Bunny concert tickets<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Justice Sonia Sotomayor accepted free concert tickets for herself and guests valued at $4,333 from Rimas Entertainment, the record label representing <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/puerto-rico\/\">Puerto Rican<\/a> rapper Bad Bunny.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources told Puerto Rican journalist Jay Fonseca last year that Sotomayor would be attending Bad Bunny\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-residency-tickets-sold-out-four-hours\/\">sold-out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-got-too-low-fox-host-suffers-wardrobe-malfunction-while-dancing-onstage-with-flo-rida\/\" title=\"\u2018I Got Too Low\u2019: Fox Host Suffers Wardrobe Malfunction While Dancing Onstage With Flo Rida\">summer concert series<\/a><\/a> in San Juan, Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s an excellent initiative by both Bad Bunny and the company he runs with his business partners,\u201d said a guest appearing on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eJXAL96dPRA\">Fonseca\u2019s podcast<\/a>, according to an English translation. \u201cI think that even if you aren\u2019t a fan of Justice Sotomayor, it\u2019s an excellent opportunity, an honor, and a privilege to have her attend a concert of that magnitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The podcast guest celebrated Sotomayor\u2019s Puerto Rican roots, praising that a figure of \u201cnational importance, regardless of what anyone says, decided to share her time here at a concert in Puerto Rico that many Puerto Ricans enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sotomayor\u2019s attendance was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/latest\/1346386-bad-bunny-faces-death-threat-during-puerto-rican-residency\">not widely reported<\/a> at the time in the U.S., nor did she publicly announce her appearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is unclear why Sotomayor did not specify that the tickets, simply listed as a gift of Rimas Entertainment on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Sotomayor-Sonia-Annual-2025.pdf\">her disclosure form<\/a>, were to see Bad Bunny in concert. Sotomayor wrote in the disclosure\u2019s appendix, \u201cRimas Entertainment is a record company, which provided tickets for a concert for me and guests while I was on a private trip to Puerto Rico in August 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In contrast, Sotomayor reported in an entry directly below the vague ticket listing that she was given $598 from the Coterie Theater in Kansas City, Missouri, and explicitly stated in the gift\u2019s description that the travel funds were so that Sotomayor could attend <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/thecoterie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/coterie-just-ask-media-release-01.17.2025.pdf\">the opening night<\/a> of <em>Just Ask!<\/em> <em>Be Different, Be Brave, Be You<\/em>, the musical adaptation of her children\u2019s book.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bad Bunny, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump\u2019s immigration policies, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4447165\/bad-bunny-super-bowl-gop-cultural-dominance\/\">generated controversy<\/a> in the lead-up to his Spanish-only performance at the Super Bowl halftime show this year. Conservatives <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/4447272\/nfl-goes-woke-bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show\/\">argued<\/a> that Bad Bunny intended to stir anti-American sentiments over the Trump administration\u2019s mass deportation operations, while supporters <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/02\/07\/nx-s1-5696972\/bad-bunny-resistance-and-the-super-bowl-halftime-show\">saw<\/a> Bad Bunny\u2019s appearance as a form of \u201cresistance to U.S. imperialism.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-ketanji-brown-jackson-s-1-18-million-book-advance\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ketanji Brown Jackson\u2019s $1.18 million book advance<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Jackson-Ketanji-B-Annual-2025.pdf\">a $1.18 million book advance<\/a> from Penguin Random House, paid through KayPac LLC, a private company created by her husband, Dr. Patrick Jackson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">District of Columbia <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/06\/localimages\/Screen-Shot-2023-10-11-at-4.48.31-PM.png\">business registration records<\/a> list Jackson as the \u201cbeneficial owner\u201d of KayPac, which is used to manage the justice\u2019s book-derived payments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Patrick Jackson, a prominent gastrointestinal surgeon at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, also operates a side business as a medical-legal consultant offering <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/expertwitnessprofiler.com\/expert-witness\/Patrick-Jackson\/1521994\">expert witness testimony<\/a> in court proceedings for a fee. It is unknown whether KayPac was established to process earnings from his expert-witness services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ketanji Brown Jackson made more than $2 million <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2025\/06\/justices-financial-disclosures-reveal-justice-jackson-earned-over-2-million-in-book-advances\/\">in 2024<\/a> from Penguin Random House book advances paid through KayPac.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Signing bonuses for a book contract are typically paid in installments, rather than in one lump sum upfront. Jackson\u2019s memoir, <em>Lovely One<\/em>, was published by Penguin Random House in 2024 and became a <em>New York Times<\/em> bestseller.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jackson surpassed Sotomayor as the most-compensated author of all the current justices who have written books, with 2025\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >million-dollar haul bringing<\/a> her overall book payments to a total of $4.14 million, compared to Sotomayor\u2019s $4.06 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only gift that Jackson reported receiving was\u00a0a painting\u00a0of herself valued at $2,500.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-paid-teaching-gigs-and-undisclosed-gifts\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paid teaching gigs and undisclosed gifts<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five justices supplemented their income through teaching.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief Justice John Roberts took home $25,000 in pay for teaching at New England Law. Associate Justices Clarence Thomas earned $18,000 teaching at Catholic University\u2019s Columbus School of Law, Neil Gorsuch made about $30,000 teaching <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalsecurity.gmu.edu\/2026-summer-program-national-security-separation-of-powers\/\">a summer abroad program<\/a> in Prague for George Mason University. Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett both taught at the University of Notre Dame\u2019s Law School, each earning $33,285. None of the justices exceeded <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-03\/judiciary-financial-disclosure-filing-instructions.pdf\">the statutory maximum of $33,855<\/a> for income earned from outside employment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several justices reportedly failed to disclose gifts and awards given to them in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among them, Sotomayor received the 2025 Brandeis Medal from the University of Louisville, according to a copy of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/fixthecourt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brandeis-medal-receipt.pdf\">the vendor receipt<\/a> obtained by Louisville Public Media, which shows the award was worth $822. She also received the Powell Distinguished Leadership Award from the City University of New York, with the plaque and medallion costing $344, and the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section\u2019s Lifetime Liberty Achievement Award, a $359 glass trophy, donors <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/fixthecourt.com\/2026\/06\/2025fdrs\/\">told<\/a> <em>Fix the Court<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4477468\/supreme-court-expands-trump-power-fire-officials-independent-agencies\/\"><strong>SUPREME COURT EXPANDS TRUMP\u2019S POWER TO FIRE OFFICIALS AT INDEPENDENT AGENCIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gorsuch reportedly received but did not report a wooden bowl priced at $450 from the Yakima Valley Museum to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jackson was bestowed the Spirit of America Award by the National Council for the Social Studies, but reportedly did not disclose the $193 medal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court justices received free tickets, book earnings, and teaching income in 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3767,"featured_media":2621134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP24181643398680.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[64284,41010,81923,11029,32275],"class_list":["post-2621133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bad-bunny","tag-financial-disclosures","tag-legal-entertainment","tag-sotomayor","tag-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP24181643398680.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621133","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\/3767"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2621133"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2621138,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621133\/revisions\/2621138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2621134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2621133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2621133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2621133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}