Investigative Report Reveals How US Supreme Court Seals Internal Working Papers

How the Supreme Court Locks Away Its Own History

Supreme Court justices could keep the court’s internal working papers hidden for decades. Our investigative reporter Jodi Kantor explains why those records matter — and what sealing them away means for our understanding of key decisions by the nation’s highest court.

By Jodi Kantor, Nour Idriss, Alexandra Ostasiewicz, June Kim, Stephanie Swart, David Seekamp and Edward Vega