Teaching is encouraged as a way to demystify the Supreme Court while exposing the justices to a cross-section of the public. For years, justices have traveled the globe during court recesses to lecture and teach. It is a permissible practice, and compensation is capped at $30,000. Yet documents obtained by The Associated Press through public records requests reveal that some all-expenses-paid trips, particularly to attractive locales stateside and abroad, are light on classroom instruction, with ample time carved out for the justices’ leisure.
