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- Posted September 29, 2011
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Ginsburg the wealthiest Supreme Court justice
By Kimberly Atkins
The Daily Record Newswire
She may not pull in a lot of laughs during oral arguments, but Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is laughing all the way to the bank as the Court's wealthiest Supreme Court justice by a long shot, according to a new analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics.
With a net worth somewhere between $10.7 million and a whopping $45.5 million, Ginsburg easily tops the list of wealthiest justices, according to the center, which crunched the justices' financial disclosure data from 2009 (the report based on the latest 2010 filings will be unveiled in the fall).
Ginsburg's holdings include a $6 million retirement nest egg.
Justice Stephen Breyer's second-place finish is attributable mainly to an array of investments (some of which spur him to recuse himself in cases involving the companies he invests in).
His wealth is estimated to be between $4.6 million and $16.2 million.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, and Justices Antonin Scalia and Elena Kagan are also millionaires, according to the analysis, though none come close to Ginsburg or even Breyer.
And while Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas can each claim a net worth well in the six-digit range, Justice Sonia Sotomayor cannot.
In fact, she could be the only justice in the red. Her net worth is somewhere between $95,000 in debt to $50,000, according to the report.
Published: Thu, Sep 29, 2011
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