Report: Books by Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Pushed on Colleges, Libraries by Her Staff

Books written by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor were purchased in their hundreds, sometimes thousands, by colleges and various libraries across the nation over the years, all as a result of gentle prodding by her staff after she completed a speaking engagement, a report Tuesday claims. AP claims Sotomayor’s taxpayer-funded staff often prodded public institutions that hosted the justice to act on their recommendation and buy her memoir or children’s books, works that reportedly earned her at least $3.7 million since she joined the court in 2009. Details of those...