RPG failed to report more than 100 trips according to one source. Traveling on other people's dimes was apparently quite common, making the attacks on Clarence Thomas biased and worthless.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/12/justices.financial.statements/index.html
Financial records show justices enjoy overseas travel
By
Bill Mears, CNN Supreme Court Producer
June 12, 2010 1:34 p.m. EDT
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Supreme Court justices enjoyed international travel, according to records
- Documents are filed annually by justices
- Gifts, including a Kindle, among the gifts listed in records
Washington (CNN) -- Justices of the Supreme Court enjoyed a whirlwind schedule of overseas and domestic trips in the past year, newly released financial records show.
Seven of the nine members of the current court traveled outside the United States to more than a dozen European and South American nations, to teach and receive honorary awards. The information, along with their financial assets, is detailed in forms all members of the federal judiciary are required to file annually.
The busiest traveler, as he has been in recent years, was Justice Antonin Scalia, who noted 22 domestic and international trips in 2009 -- many of them to promote a book he co-authored on advising lawyers how to successfully argue their cases. Among the destinations were Poland, Brazil, Sweden, Germany, France and Denmark. An avid game hunter, Scalia also addressed the Safari Club International in Reno.
Among the other exotic locales visited by some court members:
Samuel Alito -- Mexico, Austria, and Alaska.
Stephen Breyer -- Italy and Canada.
Anthony Kennedy -- Austria for his annual month-long teaching stint in Salzburg, for which he earned more than $26,000 in supplemental income.
John Roberts -- Britain and Ireland, annual teaching stops for the chief justice.
Ruth Ginsburg -- Italy, France, and Argentina.
Sonia Sotomayor -- Puerto Rico for a series of speeches and events, traveling with her mother. The justice's parents were born on the Caribbean island.
The travel costs are reimbursed by the organizations sponsoring the trips.