The U.S. Supreme Court regularly issues statements. They're called opinions and they determine what the U.S. law is, and how it is applied.
Rarely, only rarely, does the court venture into any other statements.
This week, it did, rejecting a reporter's charges that there was a conflict among the justices over masking or not masking.
In fact, the claim there was a dispute was rejected so emphatically by the court, multiple statements were released.
So a reporter for the group that made the claim has concluded that the justices are ... lying.
The fight erupted when National Public Radio, and others, claimed that Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who has diabetes, was listening to arguments by telephone at least partly because Justice Neil Gorsuch, who sits next to her in the courtroom, didn't wear a mask.
NPR's story was by legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg and was headlined: "Gorsuch didn't mask despite Sotomayor's COVID worries, leading her to telework."
The report suggested Chief Justice John Roberts told the justices to wear masks because of the omicron surge since Sotomayor has diabetes.
The U.S. Supreme Court regularly issues statements. They're called opinions and they determine what the U.S. law is, and how it is applied.
Rarely, only rarely, does the court venture into any other statements.
This week, it did, rejecting a reporter's charges that there was a conflict among the justices over masking or not masking.
In fact, the claim there was a dispute was rejected so emphatically by the court, multiple statements were released.
So a reporter for the group that made the claim has concluded that the justices are ... lying.
The fight erupted when National Public Radio, and others, claimed that Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who has diabetes, was listening to arguments by telephone at least partly because Justice Neil Gorsuch, who sits next to her in the courtroom, didn't wear a mask.
NPR's story was by legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg and was headlined: "Gorsuch didn't mask despite Sotomayor's COVID worries, leading her to telework."
The report suggested Chief Justice John Roberts told the justices to wear masks because of the omicron surge since Sotomayor has diabetes.
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