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When the justices rule without offering a rationale, we can't know if they are following the law or just exercising power.
A Detroit woman can proceed with a lawsuit against an online gambling giant in Michigan, after the state Supreme Court ruled ...
In this op-ed, Mackenzie Long, the author of SCOTUSDaily, a daily briefing of Supreme Court news and commentary, explains why the nation’s highest court needs more transparency.
The Supreme Court has long been criticized for its unwillingness to televise, or even record, its proceedings. But debate about transparency at the nation’s highest court should extend far ...
Democrats and Republicans on a House panel agreed Thursday that the Supreme Court should be more transparent when it issues significant rulings on its so-called shadow docket, and some lawmakers ...
Some Republican lawmakers said Tuesday that they want to see more transparency around the Supreme Court, though they railed against the Democratic push for Congress to impose a code of conduct on ...
Transparency between the American people and the U.S. Supreme Court has been a contested issue for years. The SCOTUS debates topics like gun control and abortion rights, but you cannot listen to ...
The Supreme Court has never allowed its oral arguments to be filmed. Photography is also forbidden. Except for the work of sketch artists like Art Lien , there is no authorized visual record of ...
By failing to uphold the clear intent of Washington’s robust public records law, expect more labor unrest, not less, as a ...
A recent Ohio Supreme Court ruling was a victory for journalists and the communities we serve, even though it might have appeared on its surface to be a blow to transparency and access to public ...
A nearly unanimous Ohio Supreme Court recently issued a ruling that helps ensure transparency of school records. In doing so, it implicitly overruled an older decision from the first appellate ...