"Instead of promoting trust and opting for greater transparency in the ethics of individual justices, the Supreme Court has chosen more secrecy,"
"Quite disturbing. In effect: 'We don't care; we don't have to.'"
Two weeks after the November 2024 election of Donald Trump, the Supreme Court instituted a new policy requiring employees to sign nondisclosure agreements pledging to keep court internal workings secret. The new agreements are stricter than prior ones and threaten legal action against any employee who reveals confidential information. A recent ethics rule exempts Supreme Court and other federal judges from disclosing meals or overnight visits at privately owned residences. Legal ethics experts described the policy as a choice of secrecy over transparency. The change followed leaks of internal court documents, including a 2022 draft overruling Roe v. Wade, and revelations about justices' ethical lapses.
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