The tickets were listed on the Supreme Court justice’s annual financial disclosure, offering another look at the transparency rules governing gifts received by members of the nation’s highest court.
Bad Bunny’s label gifted concert tickets to Sonia Sotomayor.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor received concert tickets valued at more than $4,000 from superstar Bad Bunny’s record label during his blockbuster residency in Puerto Rico last summer, according to Sotomayor’s annual financial disclosure.
Sotomayor’s form indicates that she received the tickets for herself and an unspecified number of guests from Rimas Entertainment, Bad Bunny’s record label, “while I was on a private trip to Puerto Rico in August 2025.”
Sotomayor, the first Supreme Court justice of Puerto Rican descent, valued the tickets at $4,333. Her disclosure doesn’t explicitly say the tickets were for a Bad Bunny concert.
Spokespeople for Rimas and for the court did not immediately respond to queries about the gift.
It was revealed when the federal courts released disclosure forms Monday for eight of the nine sitting justices. According to a spokesperson for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Justice Samuel Alito received a 60-day extension to complete his, as he has for more than a decade.
The reports reflect the justices’ income from foreign sources such as investments, teaching and books. Books are the most financially rewarding projects for many justices.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson led the pack in book income, reporting about $1.18 million last year. She’d already received about $3 million in prior years for her autobiography, “Lovely One.” It was unclear whether the latest payment, described as an “advance,” was for that book or a future one.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett came in second in the SCOTUS book sweepstakes last year, raking in almost $850,000 for her book, “Listening to the Law.”
Justice Neil Gorsuch pulled in $300,000 in “royalty income” from publisher Harper Collins. In 2024, I published a book on overregulation, “Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law.” In May, I have published a children’s book tied to the 250th Anniversary of the U.S., “Heroes of 1776: The Story of the Declaration of Independence.” Both were co-authored with Janie Nitze, a former law clerk.
Sotomayor came in behind that among the sitting justices with about $89,000 in book royalties. Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy landed ahead of Sotomayor with about $151,000 in book income.
While many justices reported receiving teaching and free travel for speaking engagements, few gifts were recorded in the latest reports. Jackson reported receipt of this painting for her chambers. She valued it at $2,500.
Chief Justice John Roberts’ salary this year is $320,700. The other justices make $306,600 a year.
