Justice Sotomayor to Get $1.2 Million for Memoir

Posted on May 28, 2011 at 2:59am by Billy Hallowell
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she received nearly $1.2 million to write a memoir of her rise from a South Bronx housing project to the nation’s highest court.

Sotomayor reported the payment for the as-yet untitled book from Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group in an annual report of personal finances, released Friday for the justice and her eight colleagues. Knopf revealed last July that Sotomayor had agreed to write the memoir, but the size of the advance had not been public.

The book will come out simultaneously in English and in Spanish, but no release date has been set. Sotomayor is the court’s first Hispanic justice. Her parents moved from Puerto Rico to New York after World War II.

Justice Clarence Thomas also received more than $1 million in advance of the publication of his book, “My Grandfather’s Son,” in 2007.

Thomas reported that his wife, Virginia, received salary and benefits from two conservative advocacy groups she created, Liberty Central and Liberty Consulting. The amounts were not disclosed; they are not required.

Two justices reported receiving royalties for books they published in recent years. Justice Stephen Breyer traveled the country to promote his new book “Making Our Democracy Work.” He received nearly $60,000 in royalties.

Justice Antonin Scalia took in $38,000 for “Making Your Case,” the book about legal advocacy that he co-wrote with Bryan Garner.

Breyer also reported selling his shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., valued at $15,000 to $50,000. The stock sale allowed Breyer to take part in the court’s consideration of Wal-Mart’s effort to end a massive sex discrimination lawsuit. The court is expected to decide that case by the end of June.

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orlandojon
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 10:31am
How tacky is it for a Supreme Court justice to sign a book deal shortly after taking her post instead of waiting until she retires? Par for the course for a liberal
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Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 10:02am
Theres a book I’ll overlook! Is she the one that got O‘Bama’s records sealed?
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NHABE64
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:46am
It seems all these people in Washington do is spend time enrichening themselves and usually at our expense. I wish there was a way we could erase the board and wipe every poltician and politico out of Washington DC. I am ashamed of all of them. If only we could find just ONE honest man or woman to take over. Just ONE honest conservative Patriot who is willing to lead our great nation instead of fattening their off-shore bank accounts. Is there even ONE out there ? Anywhwere ?
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christos
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:28am
…….No WRONG AGAIN the nations highest court is HEAVENS COURT that is +JESUS CHRIST+ HE+ is the ROCK+++HIS+ WORD+ will never CHANGE,,,,,,,No way is she on +KING JESUS+ side,,,,,,,she is on the left……DAVID had humble beginnings he had 5 sheep,he was made KING by +GOD+ man elected her not +GOD+.
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- christos
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:29am
  Edit: NO WRONG AGAIN—TA
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Gonzo
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:21am
I’m sure it will be a must read for the lesbian community.
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tommyg524
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:16am
welcome to elitism, get appointed a public position for life, good salary, perks, fame, then capitalise on it via the ignorant at large. perhaps you could flip a quarter to the guy with the cardboard sign on your way to collect, that outa justify things.
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powhatan
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:13am
How to become a member of La Raza in 12 east steps, by Sonja…
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JamesR
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:37am
The publishing group should have started out with, let’s say a fee of $15.00 and then gone down from there during negotiations.
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65Mustang
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:35am
I love to read but I will not purchase a book written by someone appointed to the Supreme Court by Obama. She should never have gotten a free pass and I am not interested in anything she has to say.
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Your Name Here
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:12am
I first read the title and got excited, then I put on my glasses and it all collapsed.
I thought it had read ” Justice Sotomayor to Get 1 to 2 Years For Molestation.”

I think the publisher is risking a lot by paying her so much on a book that probably won’t sell enough copies to pay for the printing.
One thing about Puerto Rico is that they are typical Latinos. They don’t speak English unless they have to.
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- quicker
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:40am
  In the 70s I served in the Army with some Puerto Ricans on the whole they were pretty stand up guys.
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tiredofprogressives
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:07am
Another attempt by the Libs to put more books into the libraries of America to push their Socialist agenda.
Who is she and what has this Liberal hispanic judge done to warrant a book about her life? NOTHING.

She doesn’t adhere to the Constitution of the United States. She is a TRAITOR.
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hempstead1944
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:04am
Money laundered payoff…..
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Zay Gezunt
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 7:57am
Good for her! I am sure that her story will inspire many.
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- powhatan
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:16am
  to join La Raza?
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quicker
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 7:39am
I think I`ll just go outside to my garden .I have some purple hull peas to pick.At least that is more productive than reading her book.I` have to put it in my bird cage and see what they think of it first.
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kickagrandma
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 7:31am
Why?
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dizzyinthedark
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 7:26am
Is this what she’s been up to?
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quicker
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 7:05am
Not on my list of higher enlightenment.For that I prefer the Bible .For light reading some Louis L`amour.
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psst
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 6:57am
Guess Doubleday had an extry 1.2 mil that they had no idea what to do w/, so some brilliant nerd working there said. “I know, lets give it to leftist Soto to write a book, afterall, she’s a true believer that the Fed Guv. IS supreme and should ride rough-shod over the states”
You can bet your bippy this is Soto’s payoff for future rulings.
It’s quite amazing, many moons ago one Russkie commie remarked the capitalists will sell us the rope w/ which we will hang them.
What held true then, holds true now.. though now it’s not the Russkie commie saying this, it’s ameriKan commies saying this.
The Russkie commies could not destroy US from W/o. But the ameriKan commies will destroy US from W/in
ameriKan commies and pols have worked diligently for many many moons to stack the judiciary w/ like-minded commies.From the SCOTOS down to the lowliest courtrooms.
Now why did I write that, sorry, commies are all like minded.
What marxists cannot get at the ballot box, they obtain through the courts.One can make the case that the SCOTUS judges are as important as the president, or even more so.
Presidents may last 8 yrs. A commie Supreme can lasts mucho mucho decades.
I knew Ol’ Soto would like that mucho mucho thingy.
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- starman70
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:19am
  Kruschev at the UN predicted, “We will bury you”. Later it was predicted that Socialism will take over America without a shot being fired.
  
  Well, with the leftist judiciary taking over and demolishing the Constitution almost on a daily basis, we are seeing these predictions come true.
  
  Sotomayor is just another far left liberal who should move to Cuba or Venezuela. For Knopf Doubleday to pay her is just a waste of money. I wil personally boycott any book published by this left leaning group.
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streetrodder
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 6:48am
I don‘t care what it’s called, they won’t get one red cent from me.
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BOMUSTGO
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 5:58am
YAWN…….ZZZZzzzzzZZZZZZzzzzzZZZZ
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tifosa
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 5:50am
I read you at HuffingtonPost as well, Billy :^)
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Living In NYC
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 5:21am
Did someone say PAYOFF?
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- Pontiac
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 11:06am
  Exactly… We need anti corruption laws passed more than anything. Politicians need to leave office no richer than they went in. Presidential libraries need abolished, the amount of money the arabs funnel to the democrats to and through Bill Clinton library is outrageous.
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BoilitDown
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 4:35am
I’m sure it will sell like hotcakes in San Fransisco. I would sooner buy a book about the truth of activist judges who have severely damaged the rule of law in the United States. I’m sure it would be a much more worthwhile read and possibly alert the public to an extremely important issue.
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- The Third Archon
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 5:40am
  They’re only activist judges when they are ruling against conservative causes.
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:18am
  They are activist judges when they don’t follow the US Constitution. They actually should have No other source for rulings.
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- ginsberg
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:59pm
  Yeah, like when they vote down party lines for president…i have never heard one complaint from the tea party about activist conservative judges like scalia.
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Diane TX
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 4:29am
I’ve heard that Hispanic females have more valuable judgement than white males. Oh, that’s right. Sotomayer said that.
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- thebarbarian
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 5:09am
  to little missy lib wench mioar…… BUFFALO CHIPS!
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Psychosis
Posted on May 28, 2011 at 4:06am
im calling the tree huggers to join me in protest

there are so many better things we can do with trees than let sotomayo spew forth some drivel and pen it on paper

SAVE THE TREES !!!!!!!!!!

Heus, modo itera omnia quae mihi nunc nuper narravisti, sed nunc Anglice?
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- Psychosis
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 4:07am
  ALL YOU SLEEPING FOOLS i got firsties :)
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- GONESURFING
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 4:48am
  Good for her, she’s making money, but it’s probably a bunch of liberal dribble.
  
  PSYCHOSIS, are you OK ?
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- thebarbarian
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 5:07am
  i was’nt sleeping…. making my nightly mother nature sit stop. no further details.
  
  as for that wensh sittyymioar i hope that’s 11.2 million lashes with a cat-o-nine-tails!
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- Brasil2520
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 5:18am
  The only good Puerto Ricans are good for is job security for the police, when we lived in Jackson Heights, Queens my mother got robbed twice at gun point by those animals.
  
  Look at the jail population in NYC, yup you guessed it black’s and Puerto Ricans.
  
  The island itself, like it’s people are nothing more than just a financial burden on America !
  
  Ya Sonia, put this in your book the co$t to incarcerate all those Puerto Ricans over the last 30 years, 1 Billion, 2 Billion ?
  
  Before you remove my comment, let me say this I lived with those animals for 5 years, it was pure HELL !
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- 79USMC83
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 5:21am
  Good for her. This is called Capitolism!! Funny how the Progressives ALL cash in on it and then vote against it !!!!! I bet Mike Moore votes Republican, It is called acting for a reason!!
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- Opinionmonger
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 5:28am
  You know ther are places on the weg where people get booted when they speak their mind and warn about the trouble coming to america.
  It is just like Glenn Beck said in the last program about the founding fathers.
  In those day the people were smart enough to listen th Rev, G whiteman.
  But nowadays when peole only talk about what is comming they get booted, because the message is a bit to harsh for their delicate ears.
  Maybe that guy at the dailybeck.com just wants to get rich quick while reposting ripped off fox video’s on youtube.
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- The Third Archon
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 5:42am
  @79USMC83
  
  Actually, that’s NOT capitalism–capitalism is specifically owning capital goods (i.e. stocks of corporations in our society) and extracting wealth from this ownership (capital gains/dividends). That’s very different than publishing a book and being paid for it.
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- Dustyluv
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 6:36am
  A Sears Roebuck Catalog replacement! Hope the pages are soft…
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- tifosa
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 7:30am
  Actually, THE THIRD ARCHON, the beloved Blaze source, WEASELZIPPERS, says differently: http://weaselzippers.us/2011/05/18/video-avowed-socialist-sen-bernie-sanders-gets-called-out-on-the-flaming-hypocrisy-of-him-selling-his-book-like-an-evil-capitalist/
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- grandmaof5
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:09am
  That’s alot of money for the few hundred books that will sell, but as a capitalist – good for her. I only care that she follows the Constitution and laws of the land in her judgements, and not what she wishes them to be.
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- tower7femacamp
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:51am
  all these book deals are just legalized Bribes
  Jews control supreme court and Federal Reserve
  along with most of Hollywood and main stream media.
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- AOL_REFUGEE
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 8:56am
  You’ve got to be kidding me. I‘ve got an ARMOIRE that’s more interesting than Soda-mayor’s memoir could ever be.
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- nothingbuthetruth
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:49am
  I wonder if she will write about her time at LaRaza,, The Race and I dont mean running.
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- tifosa
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:53am
  I’m stunned that you left this in… “Thomas reported that his wife, Virginia, received salary and benefits from two conservative advocacy groups she created, Liberty Central and Liberty Consulting. The amounts were not disclosed; they are not required.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsx6ot4I1iQ
  ProtectOurElections has been on this for MONTHS and are calling for an FBI investigation.
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- 79USMC83
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 11:19am
  The Third Archon
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 5:42am
  @79USMC83
  
  Actually, that’s NOT capitalism–capitalism is specifically owning capital goods (i.e. stocks of corporations in our society) and extracting wealth from this ownership (capital gains/dividends). That’s very different than publishing a book and being paid for it.
  
  Right @ back you
  
  Kind of like owning “said” stock in a PUBLISHING company that pays divedends. That pays PROGRESSIVE Supreme court Justices millions of dollars for a Memoir book. To turn a profit to pay off said SHAREHOLDERS and Authors ADVANCES in “Said” Stocks or Cash from Profits made by selling books from BOOKSTORES that sell “Said” stocks to pay “Said” shareholders dividends for buying said stocks. So bookstores can buy MORE books to sell !!! From Non_Capitolistic COMMUNIST authors who will give ALL of their PROFITS back to the peasents !!!
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- 79USMC83
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 11:36am
  cap·i·tal·ism /ˈkæpɪtlˌɪzəm/ Show Spelled
  [kap-i-tl-iz-uhm] Show IPA
  
  –noun
  an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.
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- Lucy Larue
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 3:28pm
  PSYCHOSIS,
  AMEN! AfreakingMEN!
  She is just another C student who got A‘s and B’s on her report card.
  She parallels another female of the same ILK! …,Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
  UGH! FILTHY LUCRE!
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- insight
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 4:20pm
  That dirty capitalist pig. Spread the wealth Sonia!
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- We Are Not Alone
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 5:11pm
  Good for her, can’t wait to get my share and you and you and you
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- PatriotsLikeMe
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 7:47pm
  I’m all for it if she can help to convince other hispanics and people of color to stand on their own two feet, get an education, become a productive member of society and pay their fair share. If even one person will read it and think, “Hey, maybe I’m not a victim after all–maybe there is a way out of poverty that doesn’t include a handout.” then hallelujah sister–get those words a‘flowin’!!
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- v-vet1968
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 9:18pm
  Blank pages, thats alright unions and screwballs will buy it ,thas what jim wright did!!
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- @ Coyote2
  Posted on May 28, 2011 at 10:09pm
  @TOWER7FEMACAMP
  
  Truer words were never spoken!!
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- one yrs. food ration like Glenn says..
  Posted on May 29, 2011 at 7:11am
  Yes, ALL racist should receive over a million dollars to prove who they are…
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- hud
  Posted on May 30, 2011 at 9:03am
  PIA for the dismal decisions to come
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on May 30, 2011 at 4:02pm
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  Sotomeyer’s memoirs?
  That’ll be a short book.
  “My biggest blunders, and how I turned them into millions.”
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on May 30, 2011 at 4:03pm
  .
  I wonder if she will “spread the wealth”?
  Snort, snort.
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