In his 2023 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. focused on the new technology while steering clear of Supreme Court ethics.
In his annual report, the chief addressed the future of artificial intelligence in the judiciary, predicting that “human judges will be around for a while,” but that “judicial work—particularly at the trial level—will be significantly affected by AI.” He assured the public that committees within the federal judiciary would consider the use of AI in litigation in the federal courts.
The Roberts report did not address several of the issues the Supreme Court specifically faced in 2023, such as the news reports about some justices’ failures to include luxury travel and other gifts on their financial disclosures or the court’s inability to identify the source of the leaked opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
For reports from previous years since 2000, visit the Supreme Court reports archive. Previous coverages available here, here, here, and here.