James Larock in Balls and Strikes, December 20, 2022, criticizes the U.S. Supreme Court for being “one of America’s least democratic institutions” for its makeup and its operation. He finds the court’s lack of transparency unnecessary and regrettable. He says the recent “decision not to stream opinion announcements is just another example of the Court choosing to limit its transparency even when providing it is easy.” Larock wants to hold the Supreme Court to a reasonable measure of transparency, “A small-d democratic government,” he writes, “beyond being accountable to voters, is supposed to be transparent and accountable while it’s working, too. Public hearings, public records rules, open comment periods, and ethics rules for government employees are part of a suite of policies that ensure that an agency is accountable for what it does.”
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