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TLDR: They haven't found the leak.

• ProAm 4y ago
  Thankfully. "Sunlight is one of the best disinfectants"
  • wyldfire 4y ago
    Of course - this principle is an excellent one and applies to very many areas of government. But there are exceptions and I'd argue that many/most of the exceptions are good things. Exceptions include: * voting records - many/most countries use secret ballots. But we didn't always (in the US)! Before secret ballots, votes were subject to coercion and bribery. * jury deliberations - juries deliberate in secret and then publish their verdict to the court. * espionage - controversial to say the least, but spies can be a net benefit (or a necessity) depending on your perspective. Based on this you could make the case that draft opinions for the court to review among the court might be similar to jury deliberations and perhaps could be considered something that should not be released (or should only be released years/decades after a ruling or after the relevant opinion authors retire). Or you could make the case that you have here that "sunlight is one of the best disenfectants" -- but in that case I would just prefer that all draft opinions become public all the time, not just controversial ones. I think we can all surmise that if that were the requirement, the Justices would find a way to discuss their opinions among the Court without requiring a published draft opinion.