The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have sometimes taken issue with one another’s independent research. [Supreme Court questions California law regulating pregnancy centers]Kennedy insinuated that Sotomayor had violated some universally accepted Supreme Court procedure by invoking facts found outside the record. But the rule seems to be that justices don’t like other justices doing such research. [Should Supreme Court justices Google?] Kennedy cited a letter from the Bureau of Prisons, solicited at his request by the Supreme Court Library, about the number of such prisoners.

Source: Washington Post March 25, 2018 16:19 UTC