Sulzbergers Keep Secret Archives at Taxpayer Expense While Denouncing Supreme Court for Doing the Same Thing
A highly hyped New York Times investigation—touted with the unusual label "Times Exclusive"—appeared this month under the headline "How the Supreme Court Locks Away Its Own History." It complained that "many of the justices have valued confidentiality over transparency and chosen to postpone scrutiny of their work for years to come."
"Some scholars question why papers should be sealed long after a justice has retired," says theTimes article, by Jodi Kantor, with research and reporting contributed by Julie Tate, Ann Marimow, and Adam Liptak. It quoted a legal historian at the University of California, Davis, Mary Ziegler, accusing the justices of engaging in "reputation management," and, as Ziegler was paraphrased in the article, "protecting themselves from examination and second-guessing."...
The National Center for Public Policy Research, aTimes company shareholder, is demanding an inspection of the company's books and records in what a letter from and other lawyers at the National Jewish Advocacy Center sayis a "requested inspection … grounded in concrete corporate risk." That letter notes "The books and records sought are therefore necessary to determine whether the Board and senior management have monitored comparable risks arising from the Company's current reporting practices, whether they have evaluated the legal, reputational, financial, and business consequences of those practices, and whether further action is warranted to protect the Company and its shareholders."
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