The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, NPR and 42 news media organizations are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to make improvements to a recently proposed rule that would govern the Courts practices for sealing judicial records.

The Supreme Court proposed a rule addressing the sealing of court documents last month, more than two years after a news media coalition led by the Reporters Committee and NPR highlighted concerns about the sharp increase in sealed filings since the 1990s and asked the Court to adopt a rule that would state a clear standard for when judicial filings may be sealed.

In a letter sent to Clerk of the Court Scott Harris on April 27, the news media coalition called the the Supreme Courts Proposed Rule 34.7 a positive step toward increased transparency and access to judicial records filed with the Court. To strengthen the proposed rule, the coalition recommended three changes:

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RCFP, NPR suggest improvements to SCOTUS record-sealing rule - Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press