Supreme Court Secrecy

FILE - Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States of America are shown in their judicial robes in Washington, on Jan. 29, 1957. Seated from left are, Felix Frankfurter, Hugo Black, Earl Warren, Stanley Reed and William O. Douglas. Standing from left are, John M. Harlan; Harold Burton; Tom Clark; and William J. Brennan. Supreme Court justices have long prized confidentiality. It’s one of the reasons the leak of a draft opinion in a major abortion case last week was so shocking. But it’s not just the justices’ work on opinions that they understandably like to keep under wraps. The justices are also ultimately the gatekeepers to information about their travel, speaking engagements and health issues. (AP Photo)