Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch addressed recent leaks from the highest court in the land on Sunday, saying the justices must balance transparency and “room for candid conversations.”
“Like everything else, it’s a balance in life,” Gorsuch said on Fox News Sunday. “We want some transparency, but we also have to leave room for candid conversations and deliberations with one another.”
In the name of transparency, he told the network that he thinks it is “great” that there is live audio from the courtroom that allows people to listen to arguments. He said the candid conversations between the oral arguments and written opinions are necessary for the justices to “try and find where we come to agreement.”
“But do we need time to actually talk quietly with one another, to find those places where we can reach agreement? Yeah, we do. And that’s nothing new,” Gorsuch said.
Gorsuch also spoke to the
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