From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Judge Merchan's Family Took Millions of Dollars Directly From Democrats In Congress
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:24:50 -0500
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:05:23 -0000 (UTC), pothead says...
> > You NEVER comment about such things on the right-wing side.
Annnnnd YOU never comment about such things on the left-wing side.
> You mean like the huge bribes paid to USSC justices?
THESE justices?
Liberal Justice Elena Kagan Pocketed Over $141,500 from Harvard While On the
Court; Refused to Recuse from Harvard Affirmative Action Case
As noted in the title, Justice Elena Kagan refused to recuse from the Harvard
affirmative action case despite being employed by Harvard teaching with
greatly out-sized compensation given the course was only a week-long seminar.
From 2011 to 2019, Justice Kagan took between $14-17,500 each year to teach
this course; all while a sitting Supreme Court Justice. Yet when Harvard's
interests were before the Court this last term, she did not recuse and voted
in conference on whether to help Harvard continue its discriminatory
practices. It is predicted that her vote favors Harvard's interests.
Additionally, in 2021 she received compensation for transportation, hotels,
and meals from Harvard. In each of the years between 2011 and 2019, she also
received compensation (sometimes on multiple occasions) from Harvard for such
transportation, hotels, and meals. Thus her total compensation from Harvard
exceeds just the $141,500 direct cash payments.
2021 Financial Disclosure: Received undisclosed amount for transportation,
hotel, and meals from Harvard Law School | https://fixthecourt.com/wp-
content/uploads/2022/06/Kagan-E-J3.-SC_SR_21.pdf
2019 Financial Disclosure: Visiting Professor (August 2019) Harvard Law
School;
Received $17,500.00 Income | https://fixthecourt.com/wp-
content/uploads/2020/06/Kagan-E-J3.-SC_SR_19.pdf
2018 Financial Disclosure: Visiting Professor (August 2018) Harvard Law
School;
Received $17,500.00 Income | https://fixthecourt.com/wp-
content/uploads/2019/06/Kagan-2018.pdf
2017 Financial Disclosure: Visiting Professor (August 2017) Harvard Law
School;
Received $17,500.00 Income | https://fixthecourt.com/wp-
content/uploads/2018/06/Kagan-E-J3.-SUP_R_17.pdf
2016 Financial Disclosure: Visiting Professor (September 2016) Harvard Law
School; Received $15,000.00 Income https://fixthecourt.com/wp-
content/uploads/2017/06/Kagan-2016-Financial-Disclosure-Report.pdf
2015 Financial Disclosure: Visiting Professor (September 2015) Harvard Law
School; Received $15,000.00 Income | https://fixthecourt.com/wp-
content/uploads/2016/06/Kagan-2015.pdf
2014 Financial Disclosure: Visiting Professor (September 2014) Harvard Law
School; Received $15,000.00 Income | https://fixthecourt.com/wp-
content/uploads/2015/11/Kagan-Disclosure-2014.pdf
2013 Financial Disclosure: Visiting Professor (September 2013) Harvard Law
School; Received $14,000.00 Income | https://pfds.opensecrets.org/N99999916_
2013.pdf
2012 Financial Disclosure: Visiting Professor (September 2012) Harvard Law
School; Received $15,000.00 Income |
https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/710473/kagan-2012-
2012.pdf
2011 Financial Disclosure: Visiting Professor (September 2011) Harvard Law
School; Received $15,000.00 Income | https://pfds.opensecrets.org/N99999916_
2011.pdf
Personally, I don't have any concerns about this. But I know there are a lot
of
other users who are concerned about this kind of thing so I thought I would
share for their benefit.
People are saying the court is de-legitimizing itself in the eyes of the
people, but I think the partisan press attacks are the driving force for
this.
The partisan press attacks, in coordination with the congress-critters who
find the Supreme Court to be useful targets.
Basically. At this point I'm completely willing to say that, as long as I see
little deviation from an SC Justice's history of decisions, I don't care what
they do or who they rub elbows with. This is just folks pouncing on the fact
that they're upset that the Court isn't doing things they like anymore and
SCOTUS has finally decided to tell Congress and the Executive to get off
their asses and do their jobs.
And also, quite frankly, the People (myself included) are uninformed. The
average American has no knowledge on how our gov't. is supposed to work, what
separation-of-powers means, or how the checks and balances are supposed to
function. Plus, we really don't need to be commenting on these issues when
most of us get our news from the internet and biased news organizations that
sell outrage and click-bait.
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Sonia Sotomayor Got FINE Art
Sotomayor was confirmed to the high court in 2009, and in her first three
years on the bench, SHE DISCLOSED MORE GIFTS - AND PROVIDED MORE DETAILS
ABOUT THEM - THAN ANY OF HER COLLEAGUES.
Some of the items she listed in her early years sound worthy of a modern art
gallery. In 2011, she received a "translucent composite print," apparently by
the California photographer Robert Weingarten, worth $6,000. In 2010, she
received an "Einstein sculpture," by the artist Robert Berks, worth $1,500.
And in 2009, she received a watercolor painting of three owls, worth $1,125.
Elena Kaman Got A Signed Book By Felix Frankfurter
In her 13 years on the court, Kagan has disclosed just one gift: a signed
first edition of The Public and Its Government by former Justice Felix
Frankfurter in 2015. It was given to her by the University of Chicago Law
School, and she reported the value as $499.94.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg got a $1 million prize. Got caught, donated it.
> How long before those scandals start to really break?
Probably never.
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SCOTUS Justices Went on Cushy Teaching Trips To Italy, Iceland, And The UK
Funded By A Conservative Law School: NYT
Neil Gorsuch went to Padua, Italy, in 2018 and to Iceland in 2021, where he
was
joined by Elena Kagan.
She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 10, 2010, and has served
since August 7, 2010.
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