Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-06 21:34:04 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FBB5DECCD35A9320758683CB65DAACBED8E8D6198BBE5819DA1928DDB8D7F7D1
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Justice Sotomayor did not recuse herself from two cases involving Penguin Random House, from whom she received $3.6 million in royalties and advances for several books that she published through their subsidiary. https://www.businessinsider.com/justices-didnt-recuse-themselves-from-cases-with-their-book-publisher-2023-5 https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3988846-conservatives-criticize-liberal-supreme-court-justices-for-ethics-issues/ https://news3lv.com/news/nation-world/sotomayor-took-millions-from-book-publisher-while-presiding-over-its-cases-report-says-clarence-thomas-penguin-random-house https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/sotomayor-didnt-recuse-supreme-court-cases-publisher
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