SCOTUS Ranks Last for Transparency on Fix the Court List; How Did Other Courts Fare?
The ABA Journal reports that the U.S. Supreme Court is the least transparent among federal appellate-level courts, while the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco is No. 1 for public access, according to Fix the Court, a national nonpartisan organization based in New York City.
The organization ranked courts on such points as to whether the courts provide live or same-day audio or video of oral arguments, how promptly they release calendars and opinions, how often they post press releases, and whether they have implemented judicial wellness and workplace conduct policies, the Journal‘s Debra Cassens Weiss writes.