“This Court holds that the word ‘tip’ does, in fact, stand for ‘to insure promptness’ and so will gladly accept non-bribe gratuities if you’d like to move up to our premium tier subscription of getting opinions released 20% faster.”
just go on TV with all the baggies in the background saying "WOW What lovely gift bags these are, and there's nine of them for my favorite justices, but I can't find their mailing address on any documents around here. If only they sent me mail so I would know where to send it"
As I understand the jurisprudence you can reward corrupt acts *only* so long as you don't formalize the promise of a reward ahead of time, as an intended quid pro quo.
Yes, he'd want to make clear that his gratuity was for their 9-0 ruling in Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC (2023), in which they held that choice-of-law provisions in maritime contracts are presumptively enforceable under federal maritime law.
