Justices to Deliver Opinions From Bench After Pandemic Pause

US Supreme Court justices will resume their practice of announcing decided cases from the bench, as the high court gradually returns to its pre-pandemic ways.

“For the remainder of this Term, the Court will resume its traditional practice of announcing merits opinions in open Court,” the court’s Public Information Office said in a statement Monday.

While oral arguments have continued to be livestreamed to the public after the justices returned to the bench, the court said its opinion announcements will not be. “The audio of opinion releases will be recorded and available from the National Archives at the beginning of ...