Justice Alito, accepting expensive gifts from a billionaire who has business before the Court? Hmmm, where have we heard this story before?

@georgetakei Someone pointed out that it seems as though when a conservative justice is appointed, some billionaire family is assigned to bond with them.

Do we know yet who is taking care of Amy Coney Barrett?

@rrb @georgetakei

We should do a little chart:

Name of Justice/Chief Justice

Name of benefactors

Estimate of benefits

For Chief Justice John Roberts, for example, the benefactors would be various law firms that pay Mrs. Roberts and the estimate would be a little north of $10 million.

I think "benefactor" is nicer than "handler" or "owner."

@Leisureguy @georgetakei Should we call these arrangements "friends with benefits"?

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