Overview
- Justice Neil Gorsuch, speaking Sunday on Fox News Sunday, called recent leaks troubling and said the Court needs space for candid talks.
- His comments followed the New York Times’ April publication of 16 pages of internal memos about the Court’s 2016 order that froze Obama’s Clean Power Plan and mapped an emergency‑docket approach.
- Gorsuch pointed to live audio of oral arguments as a transparency step and said his full reasoning appears in written opinions.
- Reuters reported that the Court has leaned more on its emergency, or “shadow,” docket to issue fast orders that often come with little explanation.
- The latest disclosures echo the 2022 leak of the Dobbs draft, as Gorsuch countered concerns about politicization by noting the Court reaches unanimous rulings in about 40% of cases.