A recent letter writer seems quite outraged that Justice Jackson reported earnings from a book deal and a gift of Beyonce concert tickets.
The letter is a shallow attempt to create some sort of false equivalency between Jackson and the investigative disclosures by ProPublica of the gifts Justices Thomas and Alito received. However, the writer lacks some important context, either out of ignorance or deliberate omission.
Setting aside the fact that Jackson VOLUTARILY disclosed the gifts and the other two did not, Beyonce doesn't have any cases before the court. The "gifts" that Thomas and Alito previously failed to report, are far more "lavish", and have come from billionaire activists determined to sway the Court's opinions
Also, book royalties are allowed under the current outside income rules of the court. A fact that Justices Barrett, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Sotomayor have previously taken full advantage of.
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While I am accustomed the kind hypocrisy illustrated by the letter in question, I can't wrap my mind around 4 concert tickets costing $3700.
Glen Vann
West side
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