YAY! Amy Coney Barrett signs $2 million book deal (also, William Barr)

[bullwinkle428]

The former attorney general William Barr and supreme court justice Amy Coney Barrett have reportedly signed book deals – with Barrett paid a reported $2m for a volume on how judges should not bring their personal feelings into the way they rule.

Barrett was appointed to the court in a hurried, politicized and bitter process last year, after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion of progressive values.

Barrett is a strict Catholic and her presence on the 6-3 conservative court has given rightwing campaigners hope it will soon strike down Roe v Wade, the 1973 ruling which established the right to abortion.

An unnamed source who spoke to Politico said Barrett’s advance was “eye-raising”. A spokesperson for the court did not comment.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/19/amy-coney-barrett-william-barr-book-deals

[underpants]

1. How long has she actually been a judge?

Other than that she’s just some egg headed academia type right?

[catrose]

4. 3 years, I think

[fescuerescue]

24. There happens to be a very very good judge on the SC

that went from Academia to SC justice. Never was a judge in any capacity prior to being a Supreme Court judge.

But she's on our side and is actually quite good. (Kagan)


There's plenty of reason to criticize Barrett. But she actually did come in with more experience than at least one of her peers.

[SheltieLover]

2. More books for gop to buy, en mass

Their followers don't read.

[Submariner]

3. She's the worst kind of super catholic

Roe V Wade is toast if it gets in front of this character.

[lagomorph777]

5. So now the SCROTUS money stream is out in the open.

SCROTUS justice signs big book deal.

Shadowy right-wing groups buy millions of copies; money is funneled to said SCROTUS justice.

Justice is served, on a silver platter.

[onenote]

33. Sotomayor signed a $1.2 million book deal in 2010

After she’d been on the Court fir around a year. It was reported at the time, so I think what concerns you has been out in the open for awhile (and isn’t really that concerning).

[MarineCombatEngineer]

37. I love the hypocrisy here. nt

[Diamond_Dog]

6. Books are for making money, not actual reading,

Doncha know!

[Johonny]

7. Direct to the top 10 or in other words some warehouse after the bulk buying is done.

[Blue Owl]

8. The Handmaid's Sales

[Luciferous]

16. 😄

[Baked Potato]

9. Ahh, here comes the big house with a big yard.

[WarGamer]

31. Her hubby is a founder an dpartner at a big law firm... they already had the house/yard

[Scrivener7]

10. Oh good. Supreme Court justices monetizing their positions. What could go wrong?

[2naSalit]

11. +1

[crickets]

13. Yep, already cashing in.

I can almost feel the solemn weight of her judicial duties from here.

[Luciferous]

15. Right? They shouldn't be allowed to do this.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

17. Sotomayor got almost $2 million for her book deal.

https://publicintegrity.org/politics/sonia-sotomayor-courts-riches-from-book-deal/

[fescuerescue]

25. I don't see an issue with it

High profile people write books. It's how they communicate their profile. If it wasn't for book publishing, Obama may have never bene President.

Take a gander at your top 10 list of favorite progressives. Maybe top 50. They all have books.

Honestly books are a much better view into their thinking than just listening to the media tell you what they think,

[MarineCombatEngineer]

30. You seem to forget that Sotomayor and RBG also

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did the same thing, as did many SCJ's, any comments on that?

[Scrivener7]

32. Is this supposed to be some kind of gotcha?

Just to you know, an "s" at the end of a word makes it plural. Plural means more than one.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

35. No, It's not a gotcha,

I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy here.

Oh boy, another spelling lesson.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. Soon to join the New York Times best sellers list in bulk sales.

[dalton99a]

14. Guaranteed.

[bedazzled]

22. why buy now? in two months you can get it at dollar tree

though why you would want it i don't know

[Kaleva]

18. Freepers are very angry with her.

For what she and others on the court did when dealing with Trump's challenges to the election.

[Stinky The Clown]

19. Regnery Press?

[ananda]

20. Seriously?

Are these examples of those Reep moneylaundering ventures?

[Paladin]

21. What does Barr have to say about his years of devoted trump-pimping?

Guess I'll find out here at DU or some other political site---I'm sure as shit not buying the book.

[mainer]

23. Which publisher?

I can’t find any reference to it. That big an advance means it’s probably one of the big 5, but I don’t see how her sales are going to justify that advance.

[fescuerescue]

26. These sort of books are very very safe bet. The book will sell out.

For a publisher, this is as safe a bet as it gets.

When you or I write a book, it's sales depends on the ideas in it. Risky unless you are an established author.

When political figures writes a book, there is almost no risk. The party behind the figure will ensure the book will sell out. The book will be bought in bulk from "non-profits" and then handed out at events for free. Or dumped in a landfill.

It's also a way of donating to the politician without going on record.

All the existing Supreme Court justices have sold books. One would have to go back pretty far in history to find one without.

https://www.scotusblog.com/2012/03/351-books-by-supreme-court-justices/

[mainer]

28. F#*k it's my publisher

Penguin Random House. I knew it had to be a big 5 publisher.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/amy-coney-barrett-book-deal

[Midnight Writer]

27. "Judges should ignore their personal feelings and defer to God's Law on rulings"

"The Judge's husband/keeper will instruct her on this"

[Dawson Leery]

29. The conservative movement is a racket. Not even a year on the court and she

is cashing in.

[onenote]

34. Sotomayor did the same thing

Signed a million plus book deal after being on the Court for less than a year.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

36. As did SCJ Sotomayor,

so what's the big deal?

[Deep State Witch]

38. It Will Be Ghostwritten By Her Husband

With her name on it.