Sonia Sotomayor's net worth has increased significantly since joining the nation's highest court, according to financial disclosure forms amid new revelations about the Supreme Court justice's efforts to promote her books.
On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that her staff has often "Prodded" public institutions that have hosted the justice to buy her memoir or children's books - works that have made her at least $3.7 million since joining the Supreme Court and continue to rake in six-figure royalty payments annually.
Sotomayor didn't recuse herself from multiple cases before the Supreme Court involving Random House, despite earning significant money from her book deal with the publisher.
"She acknowledges she made a mistake by failing to recuse from several cases involving her book publisher. The Supreme Court has adequate mechanisms in place to deal with these mistakes, and the Supreme Court has already taken corrective measures."
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch also didn't recuse himself from a case involving Random House, despite having his own lucrative book deal with the publisher.
Following the AP's report, the Supreme Court defended Sotomayor in a lengthy statement, insisting there was no illicit activity and denying attendees of events featuring Sotomayor were ever required to purchase her books.
Multiple justices currently on the Supreme Court are earning high-dollar payments from book deals - Justice Amy Coney Barrett, for example, received a reported $2 million advance for a forthcoming book.
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