The majority of the nine justices on the Supreme Court are multimillionaires due in large part to their ability to leverage their power and connections to gain wealth on the bench.
Like Roberts, many justices — who often rule on decisions that affect private companies and their profit margins — own individual stocks. Alito, who reported having assets worth between $2.9 million and $7.
One major source of wealth is justices’ book deals. Barrett, Gorsuch and Sotomayor have each gotten hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties for their books, after receiving over $1 million advances; these books are often written after they are confirmed to the Supreme Court, suggesting that the deals were struck with their positions of power in mind.
This accumulation of wealth appears to be totally legal. The Supreme Court is the only court in the country not bound to a code of ethics, which reform advocates have long said has opened the door to widespread corruption among one of the most powerful institutions in the U.S.As the world changes at an unprecedented pace, we need ethical, independent news more than ever before. We need journalists who can investigate, report, and analyze complex issues with honesty and integrity.
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