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US Supreme Court curbed public scrutiny as it boosted security before Roe ruling


Memo obtained by the Guardian mandates that court would maintain ‘exclusive’ control of all security-related records

The document shows that the US marshals service and the supreme court of the United States police department (SCUSPD) agreed to enhance cooperation and intelligence sharing and provide protection for retired judges on request. Judgments by the conservative super-majority court have had a huge impact on American life in recent years on a range of issues, including abortion rights, the environment and the role of government in regulating corporations and industry. The case came down after the denial of a request to injunct Texas’s so-called “heartbeat” abortion bill, SB8, in September 2021, and after the court ruled that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s enforcement of a vaccine mandate for large employers was unlawful.

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