Justice Sonia Sotomayor received greater than $4,000 in concert tickets from a Puerto Rican report label that counts Bad Bunny amongst its shoppers, in line with a monetary disclosure report made public Monday.
Sotomayor, a member of the court docket’s liberal wing, disclosed receiving $4,333 in concert tickets from Rimas Entertainment “for a concert for me and guests while I was on a private trip to Puerto Rico in August 2025.” Bad Bunny was participating in a weekslong series of performances in Puerto Rico at the moment.
It was considered one of a number of notable revelations from the annual disclosure experiences from the Supreme Court justices and different members of the judiciary that had been made public Monday — hours after the excessive court docket handed down among the most important decisions of its present time period.
The justices reported greater than $2 million in funds from publishers for books and journeys throughout the nation to advertise these works.
But it additionally underscored the dearth of element that’s accessible within the experiences: Nowhere does Sotomayor’s report explicitly point out which concert she attended. A court docket spokesperson didn’t reply to questions on Sotomayor’s report.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was nominated by President Joe Biden, reported $1.2 million in e book “advance” income from Penguin Random House. Jackson continues to tour the nation selling her memoir, “Lovely One,” which she revealed in 2024. Jackson lately revealed a younger grownup model of her e book.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was President Donald Trump’s final nominee to the excessive court docket, reported almost $850,000 in income from Javelin Group, which final yr revealed her first e book, “Listening to the Law.”
Justice Neil Gorsuch, a conservative, has additionally been showing at occasions to advertise a youngsters’s e book he wrote that’s targeted on the Declaration of Independence. Gorsuch reported $300,000 in royalty earnings final yr from HarperCollins Publishers.
Supreme Court justices, who earn greater than $300,000 a yr, are barred from receiving greater than about $30,000 in outdoors earnings yearly. Book income is exempt from that coverage, creating an incentive for the 9 to put in writing past their opinions.
Conservative Justice Samuel Alito requested for extra time to file his annual report, as has been his follow through the years.
The justices additionally listed a number of journeys overseas and within the US.
Barrett, as an example, reported touring to London final fall for a “legal theory workshop” that was paid for by the University of Notre Dame Law School. Gorsuch traveled to Prague in July for an “educational program” sponsored by George Mason University.