About a year ago, I noted a controversy about the U.S. Supreme Court making changes to its opinions without any public announcement. The Court has responded and made a change to the way it makes changes.
There is now a "revised" column in the slip opinions page. When a slip opinion has been modified, the date of the modification will appear in that column, and it will link to a version of the opinion highlighting the changes and showing both old and new text. A change-highlighted version of Miller v. Alabama is here as a sample.
A "what's new" summary of this and other changes that apparently came from the Court is available at SCOTUSblog, but oddly not on the Court's own website, at least not anywhere I can find it.
There is now a "revised" column in the slip opinions page. When a slip opinion has been modified, the date of the modification will appear in that column, and it will link to a version of the opinion highlighting the changes and showing both old and new text. A change-highlighted version of Miller v. Alabama is here as a sample.
A "what's new" summary of this and other changes that apparently came from the Court is available at SCOTUSblog, but oddly not on the Court's own website, at least not anywhere I can find it.
To address the problem of "link rot," the Court will mirror on its own site copies of internet sources cited in opinions.
Lawyers who want to attend popular arguments will have to stand in line personally. No more "line standers."
Lawyers who want to attend popular arguments will have to stand in line personally. No more "line standers."
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