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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1143
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for penalties for the
unauthorized disclosure of confidential information by officers or employ-
ees of the Supreme Court, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH26, 2025
Mr. C
ASSIDY(for himself, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, and Mrs. BLACKBURN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for pen-
alties for the unauthorized disclosure of confidential in-
formation by officers or employees of the Supreme Court,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Supreme Court 4
Leakers Act of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. OBSTRUCTION OF SUPREME COURT DELIBERA-1
TIONS. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Chapter 73 of title 18, United 3
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-4
lowing new section: 5
‘‘§ 1522. Obstruction of Supreme Court deliberations 6
‘‘(a) D
EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘con-7
fidential information’ includes— 8
‘‘(1) internal notes taken by an employee of the 9
Supreme Court of the United States on cases heard 10
by the Supreme Court; 11
‘‘(2) any communication between the Chief Jus-12
tice of the United States or an associate justice of 13
the Supreme Court of the United States and an em-14
ployee or officer of the Supreme Court; 15
‘‘(3) a communication between officers and em-16
ployees of the Supreme Court of the United States 17
on a matter pending before the Supreme Court; 18
‘‘(4) a draft opinion or a final opinion prior to 19
the date on which such opinion is released to the 20
public; 21
‘‘(5) personal information of the Chief Justice 22
of the United States or an associate justice of the 23
Supreme Court of the United States that is not oth-24
erwise legally available to the public; and 25
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‘‘(6) any other information designated to be 1
confidential by the Chief Justice of the United 2
States prior to the date on which a violation of sub-3
section (b) occurs. 4
‘‘(b) P
ROHIBITION.—It shall be unlawful for any per-5
son, while serving as an officer or employee of the Su-6
preme Court, to knowingly publish, divulge, disclose, or 7
make known in any manner or to any extent not author-8
ized by law any confidential information coming to that 9
officer or employee in the course of the employment or 10
official duties of that officer or employee. 11
‘‘(c) C
RIMINALPENALTIES.— 12
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-13
graph (2), any individual who violates, or conspires 14
to violate, subsection (b) shall be imprisoned not 15
more than 10 years and fined under this title. 16
‘‘(2) I
NTERNAL NOTES .—Any individual who 17
violates, or conspires to violate, subsection (a) with 18
confidential information described in subsection 19
(a)(1) shall be fined $10,000.’’. 20
(b) C
RIMINALFORFEITURE.—Section 982(a)(2)(B) 21
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 22
‘‘1029, or 1030’’ and inserting ‘‘1029, 1030, or 1522’’. 23
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(c) TABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of sections for 1
chapter 73 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 2
by adding at the end the following: 3
‘‘1522. Obstruction of Supreme Court deliberations.’’.
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