NPR's Story About a SCOTUS Spat over Justices Wearing Masks Looks Like a Massive Pile of Fake News

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There are reports that Chief Justice John Roberts ordered all members to wear a mask at oral arguments. Justice Gorsuch refused which forced Justice Sotomayor to work remotely. Now, here’s where the red flag comes in—it’s an NPR story (via CNBC😞

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has refused to wear a mask during in-person proceedings, despite a request from Chief Justice John Roberts for all members of the high court to accommodate Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s concern about Covid-19, according to a new [NPR] report Tuesday.

Gorsuch’s continued defiance has led Sotomayor — who has diabetes and is therefore at a higher risk of serious illness from Covid — to attend oral arguments remotely, according to veteran NPR Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg, citing court sources.

When the justices returned to the courtroom last fall to hear arguments in person, Sotomayor was the only one to wear a mask. With the surge of the highly transmissible omicron variant in the winter, however, Sotomayor felt unsafe sitting next to unmasked people, according to NPR.

Roberts “in some form” then asked the other justices to wear masks, Totenberg reported. Gorsuch, one of three justices nominated by former President Donald Trump, was the only one to refuse.

Yeah, that’s not true. Mark Davis called out NPR over this apparent lie. Fox News also noted that NPR’s sources were not correct. All the justices are vaccinated and boosted. They’re also tested regularly. Davis added that the SCOTUS press office had already said that Justice Sotomayor would be working remotely before this latest lie from the liberal media. :snip:

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Sotomayor, Gorsuch dispute NPR report about masking feud in joint statement: ‘It is false’

'While we may sometimes disagree about the law, we are warm colleagues and friends,' Sotomayor and Gorsuch said

 

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1 hour ago, Geee said:

Sotomayor, Gorsuch dispute NPR report about masking feud in joint statement: ‘It is false’

'While we may sometimes disagree about the law, we are warm colleagues and friends,' Sotomayor and Gorsuch said

 

Corporate Media gets it wrong

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Good Morning Class. Today's lesson is about how trustworthy is The Media.