SCOTUS couldn't take up a copyright case because four justices have book deals (news.bloomberglaw.com)

translation, the standard for bieng a supream court judge is to demonstrate partial, impartiality.

If you can’t do your job because you have a personality conflict of interest that you self selected maybe you shouldn’t have that job.

Rare bipartisanship in action. Yay?

SCOTUS has made a mockery of itself in recent years. Naked partisanship, disregard for precedent and "settled law" (according to their own words during confirmation), openly accepting bribes. It's maybe the worst thing about the degradation of politics in recent years, because they can't be voted out.

If you want to be a writer, leave the court and become a writer. If you want to directly invest in the stock market (instead of via a blind trust), leave the court. If you want to accept a quarter of a million dollar "gift" from your "friend" (who just happens to regularly have business before the court), leave the court and go camping or whatever the fuck.

It's exhausting how degraded everything about American institutions has become, including one that's supposed to be above the fray.