“In November of 2024, two weeks after voters returned President Donald Trump to workplace, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. summoned workers of the U.S. Supreme Courtroom for an uncommon announcement. Dealing with them in a grand convention room beneath ornate chandeliers, he requested they every signal a nondisclosure settlement promising to maintain the court docket’s internal workings secret,” the New York Instances studies.
“The chief justice acted after a sequence of surprising leaks of inner court docket paperwork, most notably of the choice overturning the precise to abortion, and information studies about moral lapses by the justices. Belief within the establishment was languishing at a historic low. Debate was intensifying over whether or not the black field establishment needs to be extra clear.”
“As an alternative, the chief justice tightened the court docket’s maintain on info. Its workers have lengthy been anticipated to remain silent about what they witness behind the scenes. However beginning that autumn, in a transfer that has not been beforehand reported, the chief justice transformed what was as soon as a norm into a proper contract.”
