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

In September 2024, Jodi Kantor published a stunning set of leaks concerning Trump v. United States. At the time, I wrote that the Trump leaks were "far worse than the Dobbs leak." Apparently, Chief Justice Roberts was also bothered.  Two months later, according to Kantor's latest report, Roberts required all Court employees (but apparently not the Justices) to sign non-disclosure agreements. Indeed, this mandate came almost halfway into the cler…

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…