APPENDIX

Representative Sampling of Disclosed Events

• At Justice Jackson’s request, the Library of Congress hosted an invitation-only, privately
funded event celebrating her investiture. See Houston Keene, Library of Congress explains
why it hosted Jackson investiture but not for Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, FOX News (Sept.
30, 2022), https://www.foxnews.com/politics/library-congress-hosts-event-ketanji-brown-
jackson-kavanaugh-gorsuch-barrett. Has the Committee investigated the sources of funding
for this celebration or requested a list of attendees?
• NYU Law has financed Justice Sotomayor’s international travel without apparent benefit to
the university. In 2019, she disclosed spending more than two weeks at a “leadership
conference” in Lisbon, Portugal on NYU Law’s dime; in 2021, a week in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Press releases for these events highlight presentations by other high-profile guests but fail to
mention any remarks by Sotomayor. See The Global Future, NYU Law (Sept. 4, 2019),
https://www.law.nyu.edu/news/conference-lisbon-global-future; Convening in Edinburgh,
NYU Law (Sept. 8, 2022), https://www.law.nyu.edu/news/magazine-2022-convening-in-
edinburgh. And unlike her colleagues who take University-funded international travel,
Sotomayor does not have a teaching appointment at NYU Law. Has the Committee inquired
as to the purpose of Justice Sotomayor’s participation in these conferences?
• One week before the Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, Justice Sotomayor was
the keynote speaker at the American Constitution Society’s National Convention, which also
included panel discussions on topics including “responding to attacks on reproductive rights.”
2022 ACS National Convention, American Constitution Society, https://www.acslaw.org/get-
involved/acs-conventions/2022-acs-national-convention/ (last visited Oct. 18, 2023). When
the Court decided Dobbs the following week, ACS condemned the Court’s decision and
highlighted Justice Sotomayor’s comment at oral argument that “the Court’s credibility will
not survive the stench of this decision.” See ACS Statement in Response to the Supreme Court
Overturning Roe v. Wade (June 24, 2022), https://www.acslaw.org/press_release/acs-
statement-in-response-to-the-supreme-court-overturning-roe-v-wade/. Has the Committee
sought to determine whether Justice Sotomayor discussed “attacks on reproductive rights” with
any speakers or attendees at the ACS convention while Dobbs remained pending?
• Justices Kagan and Breyer have both accepted free trips to give remarks at the Aspen Ideas
Festival—an event known as “a virtual cattle call of Washington politicos.” Patrick Gavin,
Aspen Ideas a political who’s who, POLITICO (May 22, 2013),
https://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/aspen-ideas-festival-speakers-091729. When Kagan
attended in 2013, she disclosed spending six days at the festival. Breyer has attended several
times—he spent four days there in 2018, two days in 2013, and a week in 2009. Has the
Committee investigated how the justices spent their time at the festival outside of their
speaking engagements?
• Justice Breyer has taken more than a dozen trips paid for by one of the wealthiest families in
America, the Pritzker family. As a juror for a Pritzker-funded architecture prize, Breyer
accepted free trips to Africa, South America, Europe, and elsewhere to view architectural sites
and attend award ceremonies—private events attended only by those select individuals who
received invitations “directly from the Pritzker family.” See FAQ, The Pritzker Architecture

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 Prize, https://www.pritzkerprize.com/FAQ (last visited Oct. 18, 2023). Members of the
Pritzker family and their organizations fund many Left-wing groups with business before the
Court, such as Planned Parenthood and the Center for American Progress. Has the Committee
investigated Justice Breyer’s relationship with the Pritzkers? Has the Committee requested
from the Pritzkers an itemized list of gifts, payments, and items of value exceeding $415 they
provided to any Justice of the Supreme Court or a member of the Justice’s family that they had
a role in facilitating or arranging?

• In 2013, Justice Breyer accepted a ride to a Nantucket wedding on a private jet owned by
billionaire David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group. See Thanks
to Private Jet Ride, Justice Breyer Makes Appearance at Private Wedding Public, Fix the Court
(Dec. 2, 2014), https://fixthecourt.com/2014/12/thanks-private-jet-ride-justice-breyer-makes-
appearance-private-wedding-public/. Has the Committee investigated Breyer’s relationship
with Rubenstein? Has the Committee requested from David Rubenstein an itemized list of all
transportation or lodging provided to a Justice of the Supreme Court or a member of the
Justice’s family?
• Justice Breyer and his wife have on several occasions accepted free trips to attend the Sun
Valley Writers’ Conference, known as a gathering of “important and talented people.” See
Michael Ames, The Supremacy of Law: Justice Stephen Breyer at Sun Valley Writers’
Conference, HUFFPOST (May 25, 2011), https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-supremacy-of-
law-just_b_707698. There, he has been featured as a presenter alongside writers from Left-
wing publications, former senior Obama administration officials, liberal law professors, and a
British Labour Party leader, among others. See Past Presenters, Sun Valley Writers’
Conference, https://svwc.com/past-presenters (last visited Oct. 18, 2023). Breyer has generally
spent at least four days at the conference. Has the Committee investigated how Justice Breyer
spent his time at these events outside his speaking engagements?
• In 2018, billionaire Israeli businessman Morris Kahn hosted Justice Ginsburg on a trip to Israel
and Jordan, for which he covered her transportation, lodging, and meals. Kahn’s companies
have had business before the Supreme Court: In November 2017, for example, the Court
delivered a victory to a Kahn-founded company by declining to hear a patent-related case. See
Karl Evers-Hillstrom, Supreme Court justices continue to rack up trips on private interest
dime, Open Secrets (June 13, 2019), https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/06/scotus-
justices-rack-up-trips/. Has the Committee sought more information regarding Justice
Ginsburg’s relationship with Kahn?
• In 2016, when Justice Sotomayor gave the commencement address at the University of Rhode
Island, the University paid for a block of rooms at a boutique hotel for Sotomayor’s guests.
See Joshua Eaton, Supreme Court justices’ perks revealed in new report, Roll Call (Mar. 24,
2020), https://rollcall.com/2020/03/24/supreme-court-justices-perks-revealed-in-new-report/.
Sotomayor initially failed to include this trip on her financial disclosure and agreed to amend
the form after a court transparency group raised questions. See Debra Cassens Weiss, 2
SCOTUS justices agree to amend financial disclosures after Fix the Court asks questions, ABA
Journal (Mar. 24, 2020), https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/justices-agree-to-amend-
disclosures-after-fix-the-court-asks-questions. Has the Committee investigated who stayed in
the block of rooms the University reserved under Sotomayor’s name?

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• Justice Ginsburg maintained a longstanding relationship with the NOW Legal Defense and
Education Fund, a liberal advocacy group. In 2004—two weeks after voting for a position the
organization advocated at the Court—Ginsburg gave remarks at an event the group co-
sponsored, titled the “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Distinguished Lecture Series on Women
and the Law.” She was criticized at the time for crossing an ethical line. See Richard A. Serrano
& David G. Savage, Ginsburg Has Ties to Activist Group, L.A. Times (Mar. 11, 2004),
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-mar-11-na-ginsburg11-story.html. On another
occasion, she donated an autographed Supreme Court opinion to the group for fundraising
purposes. See James Sample, Supreme Court Recusal: From Marbury to the Modern Day, 26
Geo. J. Legal Ethics 95, 124 (2013). Has the Committee investigated the propriety of Justice
Ginsburg’s relationship with an advocacy group with business before the Court?