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On Monday, December 12, 2022, the United States Supreme Court announced that it will once again resume the tradition of announcing its opinions from the bench. The Court took a short, but many considered still too long, hiatus during the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. When the pandemic began, the Supreme Court was forced to stop the announcing of opinions from the bench, as the public facilities and buildings were set to close, including the courthouse. The closing of the courthouse required the Justices to continue with the hearing of cases remotely, announcing opinions through the SCOTUS website only. This led to a number of issues, including the webpage crashing when long awaited opinions were set to be revealed. In October 2021, the Court resumed the hearing of in-person cases. This only allowed the court staff, attorneys, and a few journalists to be in the courtroom and present for the case. This meant that there were still no open court opinion announcements to read to the public, as there was no audience allowed to be present.

In its Monday announcement, the Court continued with the tradition that if a court watcher or others wish to hear the Justices' oral opinions, they must be present in the courtroom and hear it for themselves. This is due to the new policy that oral arguments shall not be live-streamed, even though rulings, dissents, and opinions may now be. In the newest announcement, The Court stated the following:

Patricia McCabe, Supreme Court Public Information Officer, made a statement on behalf of the Court on Monday, December 12: "For the remainder of this Term, the Court will resume its traditional practice of announcing merits opinions in open Court. Consistent with past practice, the live audio feed will be limited to oral arguments, and the audio of opinion releases will be recorded and available from the National Archives at the beginning of the next Term."