The Supreme Court released a joint statement today from Justices Sotomayor and Gorsuch explaining that yesterday’s news from NPR was completely false:
“Reporting that Justice Sotomayor asked Justice Gorsuch to wear a mask surprised us. It is false. While we may sometimes disagree about the law, we are warm colleagues and friends.”
JUST IN. SCOTUS releases a short joint statement from Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch:
"Reporting that Justice Sotomayor asked Justice Gorsuch to wear a mask surprised us. It is false. While we may sometimes disagree about the law, we are warm colleagues and friends."
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) January 19, 2022
I love it. NPR got their story wrong and even the Supreme Court is calling them out for it. Indirectly, of course.
Fox News 1, NPR 0.
UPDATE: Justice Roberts weighs in, says he never asked the justices to wear masks:
“I did not request Justice Gorsuch or any other Justice to wear a mask on the bench.”
BREAKING from Chief Justice Roberts:
“I did not request Justice Gorsuch or any other Justice to wear a mask on the bench.”
The Chief Justice indicated he will have no further comment.#SCOTUS
— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) January 19, 2022
NPR just keeps looking worse and worse.