'This defines the Roberts Court': Chief justice's wife earns millions placing lawyers at firms that

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argue cases

The highly controversial and highly unpopular U.S. Supreme Court isn’t just facing a historic loss of confidence, it’s now facing yet another ethics scandal that is likely to lower even further public opinion of the far-right institution that in under two decades has seen its approval rating slashed.

Although it will not hear arguments, the issue before the Supreme Court and the American people’s view of it, is, should a justice’s spouse – in this case the spouse of Chief Justice John Roberts – be able to make millions of dollars recruiting attorneys who are placed into top law firms that argue cases before it?

That’s the latest allegation, and already a spokesperson for the Court has issued a statement denying any ethical violations.

The New York Times reports that “a former colleague of Mrs. Roberts has raised concerns that her recruiting work poses potential ethics issues for the chief justice. Seeking an inquiry, the ex-colleague has provided records to the Justice Department and Congress indicating Mrs. Roberts has been paid millions of dollars in commissions for placing lawyers at firms — some of which have business before the Supreme Court, according to a letter obtained by The New York Times.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/this-defines-the-roberts-court-chief-justice-s-wife-earns-millions-placing-lawyers-at-firms-that-argue-cases/ar-AA16XVzs

[Baitball Blogger]

1. JHC. When does this madness end?

Filthy people

[FalloutShelter]

2. Just wow!

[Lovie777]

3. NYT................

this information is no secret but have been covered up. NYT and the GQP on friendly terms, recent arrest of the F.B.I. must have the paper rattled.

[dalton99a]

4. Kick

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/us/john-roberts-jane-sullivan-roberts.html
https://archive.ph/tTcrD

At the Supreme Court, Ethics Questions Over a Spouse’s Business Ties
The chief justice’s wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, has made millions in her career recruiting lawyers to prominent law firms, some of which have business before the court. Now, a letter sent to Congress claims that may present a conflict of interest.
By Steve Eder
Jan. 31, 2023 Updated 5:30 p.m. ET

After Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joined the Supreme Court, his wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, gave up her career as a law firm partner to become a high-end legal recruiter in an effort to alleviate potential conflicts of interest. Mrs. Roberts later recalled in an interview that her husband’s job made it “awkward to be practicing law in the firm.”

Now, a former colleague of Mrs. Roberts has raised concerns that her recruiting work poses potential ethics issues for the chief justice. Seeking an inquiry, the ex-colleague has provided records to the Justice Department and Congress indicating Mrs. Roberts has been paid millions of dollars in commissions for placing lawyers at firms — some of which have business before the Supreme Court, according to a letter obtained by The New York Times.

In his letter last month, Kendal Price, a 66-year-old Boston lawyer, argued that the justices should be required to disclose more information about their spouses’ work. He did not cite specific Supreme Court decisions, but said he was worried that a financial relationship with law firms arguing before the court could affect justices’ impartiality or at least give the appearance of doing so.

“I do believe that litigants in U.S. courts, and especially the Supreme Court, deserve to know if their judges’ households are receiving six-figure payments from the law firms,” Mr. Price wrote.

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[MagickMuffin]

5. $$$ IN GOD WE TRUST $$$

Expect the worst with these subverters of justice!

[BOSSHOG]

6. Is it just me

Or does it really, truly, absolutely seem that every garbage human in the three branches of government has Conservative Values? Asking for a nation.

[Farmer-Rick]

7. I always suspect that some justices took bribes

I just didn't know how they were doing it.

When Roberts first took over, he complained about the poor pay he got. It's about $270,000 a year. Then suddenly he stopped complaining. It was just so sudden and weird. It's as if someone showed him another way to make a buck.

[KPN]

11. Wow. I don't remember that. Complaining about being Chief Justice for $270,000

a year?! I didn’t know that. The whole fecking thing is one giant racket anymore! Where are the heroes who rush in to sweep the bad guys aside? Guess I am naive.

[DFW]

12. With the cost of living in the DC area. I agree that $270,000 is a low salary

On the other hand, it's not like the salary was a secret, only to be disclosed upon taking his seat on the bench. It's the position that matters, and if that means yiou have to live in a modest row house in Alexandria, then so be it. You're serving your country, not vying for higher place on your country club's totem pole.

If the first consideration when being considered for the Supreme Court is "what's in it for me?" then you're in the wrong line of work, period.

[Bristlecone]

15. I agree. It should not be self-serving.

Write a book(s).

Make some speaking engagements at Law Schools or Legal Conventions to provide subsidy. John Roberts could probably command a more than satisfactory fee for a number of events. And not be, or even appear to be compromised.

But instead his integrity is dead. As is any question of “his court’s” integrity.

[republianmushroom]

8. 'This defines the Roberts Court'

Yep

[bahboo]

9. there never seems to be any consequences...

so expect the corruption to continue...

[progressoid]

13. +1

Yep. Nothing will happen.

[KPN]

10. F***! This has gotten totally ridiculous (that's

actually a euphemism). We really are experiencing the end of shame. There is no longer anything to be shameful about, besides perhaps being shameful in itself. We Democrats are all naive.

[Bristlecone]

14. This court is greasy too to bottom.

[sakabatou]

16. Probably the most corrupt SC in modern times.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. Another SCOTUS scandal: Chief justice's spouse makes millions placing attorneys at top law firms

Should a Justice’s spouse – in this case the spouse of Chief Justice John Roberts – be able to make millions of dollars recruiting attorneys who are placed into top law firms that argue cases before it?

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The highly controversial and highly unpopular U.S. Supreme Court isn’t just facing a historic loss of confidence, it’s now facing yet another ethics scandal that is likely to lower even further public opinion of the far-right institution that in under two decades has seen its approval rating slashed.

Although it will not hear arguments, the issue before the Supreme Court and the American people’s view of it, is, should a Justice’s spouse – in this case the spouse of Chief Justice John Roberts – be able to make millions of dollars recruiting attorneys who are placed into top law firms that argue cases before it?

That’s the latest allegation, and already a spokesperson for the Court has issued a statement denying any ethical violations.

The New York Times reports that “a former colleague of Mrs. Roberts has raised concerns that her recruiting work poses potential ethics issues for the chief justice. Seeking an inquiry, the ex-colleague has provided records to the Justice Department and Congress indicating Mrs. Roberts has been paid millions of dollars in commissions for placing lawyers at firms — some of which have business before the Supreme Court, according to a letter obtained by The New York Times.”.....

Documents in that case “list six-figure fees credited to Mrs. Roberts for placing partners at law firms — including $690,000 in 2012 for one such match. The documents do not name clients, but Mr. Price recalled her recruitment of one prominent candidate, Ken Salazar, then interior secretary under President Barack Obama, to WilmerHale, a global firm that boasts of arguing more than 125 times before the Supreme Court.”

That case involves “a former colleague of Mrs. Roberts,” Kendal Price, a 66-year-old Boston lawyer, who “has raised concerns that her recruiting work poses potential ethics issues for the chief justice.”

“According to the letter,” sent by Price to DOJ and Congress, which the Times reports it obtained, “Mr. Price was fired in 2013 and sued the firm, as well as Mrs. Roberts and another executive, over his dismissal.”

[Chalco]

18. Just so you know.

It is my understanding from someone who knows Robert's wife that
she is liberal. Don't know how this might sway things but...

[uponit7771]

19. K&R,

[Emile]

20. Story of the week!

Very little reporting on it in the msm.