Supreme Court clerks hit with nondisclosure contracts amid panic over leaks: report

The Supreme Court has come under fire after insiders revealed staffers are being told to sign formal contracts opening them to legal action if they reveal secrets.

Representatives could previously rely on informal pledges from justices based on longstanding norms — but those relaxed understandings could be at an end, an expert claimed Monday. An overhaul and fresh contract for the Supreme Court is set to come into play which, according to Jeffrey L. Fisher, co-director of the Supreme Court litigation clinic at Stanford Law School...