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Gifts accepted by Supreme Court
Gifts accepted by Supreme Court
Federal judges are free to accept gifts of unlimited value as long as the donor does not have business before them. Five of the Supreme Court justices reported and accepted gifts from 1998 through 2003. Here is the list, as valued by the justices:
Justice Clarence Thomas
Total value of gifts: $42,200
* $19,000 Bible from Republican donor
* $15,000 for a Lincoln bust from the American Enterprise Institute
* $5,000 cash gift from a mobile home enthusiast
* $1,200, tires from a trucking executive
* $1,200, batteries from former law clerks
* $800 jacket from Daytona 500 auto race
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Sandra Day O'Connor
Total value of gifts: $5,025
* $1,500 for a crystal medallion from Scripps College
* $875 Steuben glass sculpture from the Junior League
* $500 crystal from the National First Ladies Library
* $500 blanket from the American Academy of Achievement
* $500 crystal fountain from the American Bar Assn. Commission on Women in the Profession
* $475 bronze statue from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
* $300 engraved vase from the New Mexico Military Academy
* $200 quilt from the Conference of State Chief Justices and Administrators
* $175, carved limestone from a San Antonio high school
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William H. Rehnquist
Total value of gifts: $5,000
* $5,000 award from Fordham University
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Antonin Scalia
Total value of gifts: $1,275
* $300 cowboy boots from the Tarrant County, Texas, Bar Assn.
* $300 silver box from singer Andrea Bocelli (news - web sites)
* $300 for framed portraits from Peter Secchia, Republican donor and former ambassador to Italy
* $250 for two cases of wine from Virginia winery
* $125, one case of wine from same winery
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Total value of gifts: $500
* $500 blanket from American Academy of Achievement
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Others*
Total value of gifts: $0
* Justices David H. Souter, Anthony M. Kennedy, John Paul Stevens and Stephen G. Breyer did not report any gifts accepted.
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Note: Figures do not include cash awards given to charity. Also not included are club memberships. Prior years are excluded because complete information on justices is only kept on file for six years.
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Source: Annual disclosure forms of Supreme Court justices
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