Key Points
Chief Justice John Roberts focused his year-end report squarely on technology, avoiding discussion of the ethics questions that dogged the Supreme Court in 2023 and the flurry of election cases approaching the docket to discuss the promise and perils of artificial intelligence for the federal judiciary..
As 2023 draws to a close with breathless predictions about the future of Artificial Intelligence, some may wonder whether judges are about to become obsolete," Roberts wrote in his annual report, which typically includes an essay regarding an issue involving the court system along with statistics on the federal judiciarys workload..
In some years, Roberts has addressed controversies involving the courts, including security for judges, financial conflicts of interest and, on one occasion, a plea for raising judicial pay..
As the court faces continuing scrutiny over its members own conduct, including Justice Clarence Thomass relationships with wealthy benefactors, the chief justice devoted his 2023 edition to an important but, by Washington standards, determinedly anodyne topic: the court systems reluctant but inevitable adoption of mechanical, electronic and digital tools..
While expressing support for Robertss concerns about overreliance on AI, Blumenthal said he was disappointed that the chief justice had nothing to say regarding the courts problems, which polls show have driven down its public approval..
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