RACE, GENDER, CLASS DIFFERENCES

Chief Justice John Roberts listed two vacation homes on two different continents in his real estate income disclosures while Elena Kagan listed a parking spot in DC

Kelly McLaughlin
Jun 11, 2023, 

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, left, and Justice Elena Kagan, right.

 Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters


The US Supreme Court released financial disclosure reports for seven justices last week.

Chief Justice Roberts' report revealed he rented out properties in Ireland and Maine.

A report for Justice Elena Kagan revealed she rented out a parking spot in Washington, DC.

Seven Supreme Court justices released their financial disclosure reports last week, revealing how they made extra income in 2022.

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Elena Kagan both earned extra income by renting out properties — though the properties are vastly different.

According to Roberts' report, shared online by SCOTUSblog, Roberts rented out cottages in Ireland's Limerick County and Maine's Knox County.

Kagan, meanwhile, rented out a parking space at a building in Washington, DC, according to her report, also shared by SCOTUSblog.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor earned income on a rental property with a New York apartment, according to her report. NPR reported that Sotomayor bought the apartment and lived in it before she joined the Supreme Court.

The reports don't reveal how much the justices earned through their rental properties in 2022.

The Supreme Court did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

All of the justices except Justice Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito released their 2022 financial disclosures last week under the Ethics in Government Act. Thomas and Alito had been granted extensions.

Thomas was harshly criticized after a ProPublica report earlier this year revealed that he went on multiple undisclosed vacations with billionaire GOP donor Harlan Crow.