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A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, March 15, 2019.
  • On two occasions, the Supreme Court has declined to take on cases involving publishing conglomerate Penguin Random House.
  • Both Sotomayor and Gorsuch have reported earning large paychecks from Penguin Random House for publishing books.
  • Gorsuch failed to recuse himself from one of the cases. Sotomayor didn't recuse herself from both.

Two Supreme Court justices did not recuse themselves from cases that arose before the court involving their book publisher, Penguin Random House, according to a recent CNN report.