YourVoice.Now Summary
Criminal Justice & Due ProcessSupreme Court staff who leak draft opinions, case notes, or other secrets could get up to 10 years in prison
Criminal Justice & Due Process
Court officers and employees who knowingly share confidential information without legal permission could get up to 10 years in prison plus a fine. Planning a leak with others is covered too.
Besides the listed items, any information the Chief Justice labels confidential before a leak happens would be covered. The bill sets no limit on what can be labeled.
Notes that Court employees take on cases they hear get their own penalty. Leaking them would bring a fixed $10,000 fine rather than prison time.
A judge sentencing someone for this crime would have to take any property the person gained from the leak. The bill adds the new crime to an existing federal forfeiture law.
More about this bill
If you work for the Supreme Court and leak its secrets, you could face up to 10 years in prison plus a fine. Planning a leak with others would count too. Covered secrets include draft opinions before release, staff notes on cases, and talks between justices and staff. They also include justices' private personal details. Anything else the Chief Justice marks confidential ahead of time would be covered as well. Leaking a staff member's internal case notes would bring a set $10,000 fine instead of prison. People convicted would have to give up any money or property they gained from the leak. Most people would see no change. The new crime applies only to the Court's own officers and employees.
Congressional Summary
Stop Supreme Court Leakers Act of 2025 This bill establishes new federal crimes for the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information by officers or employees of the Supreme Court. Specifically, the bill prohibits an officer or employee of the Supreme Court from knowingly publishing, divulging, disclosing, or making known in any manner or to any extent not authorized by law any confidential information coming to that officer or employee in the course of the employment or official duties of that officer or employee. A violation is subject to criminal penalties. Additionally, any property constituting or derived from proceeds obtained as the result of the violation is subject to criminal forfeiture.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-03-26
- Date Added
- 2026-10-02
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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