Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reports $2 million payment for her memoir 'Lovely One' in 2024

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson reported receiving implicit $2 cardinal from Penguin Random House, which published her book, "Lovely One: A Memoir," successful 2024.

Jackson’s fiscal disclosure study indicated that Penguin Random House paid her a $2,068,750 publication beforehand successful 2024. The institution besides provided reimbursements for transportation, food, and lodging to beforehand her publication astatine events crossed the country. 

"Lovely One," whose rubric references her West African commencement name's meaning, was published successful aboriginal September, and is described by Amazon arsenic "tracing her family’s ascent from segregation to her confirmation connected America’s highest tribunal wrong the span of 1 generation."

Her publication circuit spanned the state with stops successful large cities including San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Miami and Atlanta.

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Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation proceeding connected Capitol Hill successful Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2022.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

This is not the archetypal clip Penguin Random House has sent her a monolithic payment, arsenic a akin disclosure study revealed the institution paid her a $893,750 publication beforehand successful 2023, bringing the full implicit 2 years to astir $3 million.

The Supreme Court precocious adopted a ceremonial morals codification for receiving escaped question and different gifts. However, determination is nary existent headdress connected however overmuch justices whitethorn gain from publication deals.

"Last month, Barrett, Jackson, Gorsuch and Sotomayor recused themselves from a determination implicit whether to perceive a lawsuit involving the genitor institution of the publication steadfast Penguin Random House," the Washington Post reported. "The justices did not explicate their reasoning for sitting retired the discussion, but an morals adept said it was astir apt due to the fact that the lawsuit progressive the German institution Bertelsmann, which owns the publishing location that has published oregon volition beryllium publishing their books."

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Penguin Random House provided a ample sum of wealth to assistance Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson beforehand her caller memoir. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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