The highest court in the land is supposed to at least have the appearance of impartiality. Beginning in 1989, before we all knew that Clarence Thomas was zipping around on private jets to fancy vacations, the rule was that justices could not accept gifts, and they could only earn 15% additional income from teaching. The one exception: there are no limits to income from publishing books. …. Sonya Sotomayor has now earned nearly $4 million from various book deals. In 2023 Ketanji Brown Jackson reported that she received a $2 million advance for her memoir, Lovely One, while Amy Coney Barrett earned a $2 million advance from Sentinel (an imprint of Penguin Random House) for her debut memoir coming this fall. Neil Gorsuch has earned $500,000 for his 2024 book from HarperCollins, and Brett Kavanaugh, the mention of whose name causes countless women to involuntarily shudder, has his own deal to publish with an imprint of Hachette.