How the Supreme Court Locks Away Its Own History

Chief Justice John Roberts and other justices engaged in private discussions following Justice Antonin Scalia's death in 2016 regarding how to handle justices' papers and records, according to reporting by NPR. The Court does not have a mandatory public disclosure timeline for justices' personal papers and case-related materials. Depending on what access policies the current Court establishes, some records of the Roberts Court's internal deliberations may not become publicly available for several decades.

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