What We Learned From Jodi Kantor’s Latest Expose About The SCOTUS NDA

What We Learned From Jodi Kantor’s Latest Expose About The SCOTUS NDA

The Chief is now requiring all employees (but likely not the Justices) to sign Non-Disclosure Agreements, which do not seem to be working.

The Supreme Court Nondisclosure Agreements Are Meant to Keep You In the Dark

Shortly after the reelection of President Donald Trump in November 2024, Chief Justice John Roberts asked Supreme Court employees to sign a nondisclosure agreement requiring them to keep quiet about the Court’s inner workings, according to The New York Times.  Justices have historically argued that opening up their deliberations to public scrutiny would compromise the integrity of their decisionmaking, and the Court has therefore long maintained…

Chief Justice Roberts Enforces NDAs After Supreme Court Leaks

Leaks at the Supreme Court have sparked a dramatic shift in how confidentiality is handled under Chief Justice John Roberts. Just weeks after a confidential memo supporting broad immunity for Donald Trump surfaced in the press, Chief Justice Roberts, age 71, mandated that court staff sign legally binding non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), as reported by The...