Justice Sonia Sotomayor received concert tickets valued at more than $4,000 from the record company that represents the Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny, while Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received a painting for her chambers valued at $2,500. Those gifts, along with other details about the justices’ book deals, travel, and teaching gigs, were made public in the justices’ annual financial disclosures, which were released on Monday.
The disclosures are relatively opaque and are intended to provide information about potential conflicts of interest and the justices’ compliance with ethical standards, rather than snapshots of the justices’ wealth.
The financial disclosure forms for eight of the nine justices became available at noon EDT on Monday. The forms were due on May 15, but federal judges and justices can receive extensions of up to 90 days to submit their forms. Forms for Justice Samuel Alito, who received an extension last year, are not yet available online.
Sotomayor and Jackson were the only justices to report gifts. Sotomayor indicated that she had received $4,333 worth of tickets from Rimas Entertainment, which “provided tickets for a concert for me and guests while I was on a private trip to Puerto Rico in August 2025.” Sotomayor did not specifically identify the artist who performed at the concert, but Bad Bunny played 31 sold-out shows in San Juan between July and September 2025. And a September 2025 story on the announcement that Bad Bunny would headline the halftime show at the Super Bowl in February 2026 noted that Sotomayor had attended one of his Puerto Rico concerts.
Jackson reported that she had received a painting for her chambers from Paul Branton and Kristen Williams. Branton is a Chicago-based artist who posted a portrait of Jackson on social media and indicated that he had sent it to her as a gift.
Five of the eight justices who filed their disclosures on Monday spent time in the classroom during 2025. Both Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Justice Brett Kavanaugh earned $33,285 by teaching at Notre Dame Law School, where Barrett taught for more than 15 years before becoming a federal judge. Barrett’s work for Notre Dame included a stint in London in October 2025, where she taught a “legal theory workshop.” Justice Neil Gorsuch earned $30,379.91 for his teaching gig in Prague for George Mason University during July 2025, while Chief Justice John Roberts earned $25,000 for teaching at New England Law School. Justice Clarence Thomas stayed closer to home, earning $18,000 for teaching at Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law.
In 2024, Jackson held the top spot for the justices’ book royalties, reporting approximately $2 million in “book advances.” She remained in first place in 2025, reporting $1,181,250. Barrett, whose book Listening to the Law was published in September 2025, reported nearly $850,000 in “publication/copyright royalties” income, while Gorsuch reported $300,000 from HarperCollins, which published Over Ruled and Heroes of 1776 (a children’s book), in 2024 and 2026, respectively. Gorsuch also received $361.47 from Princeton University Press, which published his book on assisted suicide and euthanasia in 2009. Sotomayor reported $88,100 in income from Penguin Random House, which has published several of her books, including children’s books.
Several justices also reported reimbursements for travel, including overseas. Justice Elena Kagan stayed in the United States, traveling to judge a moot court at Pepperdine University’s Caruso School of Law in September 2025. In addition to her teaching gig in London, Barrett also traveled to Oxford, England, in July 2025 for a “judicial forum,” while Jackson went to Dublin to accept an award from Trinity College and participate in a “moderated discussion with students.” And Sotomayor went to the Dominican Republic in May 2025 to accept an award from the World Jurist Association.
