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Jason Wilson

US supreme court curbed public scrutiny as it boosted security before Roe ruling

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The US supreme court in Washington DC on 2 October 2024. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

A newly uncovered document reveals that the US supreme court sought to beef up judicial protection, while also reducing public scrutiny of the court’s doings, before the court’s controversial decision to overturn Roe v Wade.

The heavily redacted memorandum of agreement (MOA) on security is dated March 2022, and was obtained by the Guardian after being recently surfaced by governmentattic.com.

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