Thursday, June 10, 2004

As one who enjoys using Presidential tax returns in tax class, I am intrigued by the wonderful web site sent in by a reader that contains copies of the detailed financial disclosure forms filed by the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. The forms certainly are of prurient interest (at least to me), offering a window into the lifestyle of the Justices. (One thing that jumps out is the widely varying amounts paid by law schools for speeches by the Justices — why are some speeches “worth” 15k (or more) while others 1k (or less)? Who decides?) There may be a gold mine here for classroom use — readers are invited to email me any tax issues lurking in these forms for inclusion on TaxProf Blog.