Supreme Court’s Greater Revision Transparency Gets Little Notice

The US Supreme Court last year quietly rolled out a new approach to opinion revisions that transparency advocates applauded.

The justices have long revised opinions before their final publication, which can happen years after being handed down. Though the process has varied over the years, the edits weren’t preserved in the United States Reports.

But since March 2023, those changes are will now be noted permanently in the final versions. According to the court’s web page, the revisions will be reflected in cases going back to the term that began in October 2021.

It’s a rare increase in transparency for ...