NPR’s Nina Totenberg released a story yesterday claiming that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was hearing arguments from a microphone in her office because Justice Neil Gorsuch wasn’t putting on a mask.
Gorsuch refuses to mask up to protect Sotomayor; Alito still thinks he should have been CJ; the libs are beside themselves; & the conservative fissures are showing amid competition to succeed Scalia. Altogether, not a happy group at #SCOTUS. https://t.co/cx1ToTbHuQ
— Nina Totenberg (@NinaTotenberg) January 18, 2022
Why Sotomayor isn't in court at args and why she participates remotely too at the weekly justices' conference . That and more on the unfolding backstories of the current term. https://t.co/cx1ToTbHuQ
— Nina Totenberg (@NinaTotenberg) January 18, 2022
Both Sotomayor and Gorsuch have called the story false.
Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor and Gorsuch deny an @NPR report on masks:
"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."@nytimes @adamliptak pic.twitter.com/QaaVihCKu6
— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) January 19, 2022
The media is trying to spin it claiming semantics:
The story didn't say that Sotomayor asked Gorsuch to wear a mask. "Sotomayor did not feel safe in close proximity to people who were unmasked. Chief Justice John Roberts, understanding that, in some form asked the other justices to mask up." https://t.co/iUp3sebZS1 https://t.co/rOGCqarZMu
— Sam Levine (@srl) January 19, 2022
However, this doesn’t hold water:
Dear â¦@NinaTotenbergâ©:
You know your reporting is false.
The Supreme Court press office told you this.
And you didn’t even bother to confirm with them before your false reporting.
Do you have the integrity to retract your false reporting? (No.)https://t.co/eTPY3csABb
— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) January 19, 2022
“The source further stated Justice Sotomayor did not make any such request to Justice Gorsuch.
I am told that given that fact, there was also no refusal by Justice Gorsuch.â€
– Chief @FoxNews Supreme Court Correspondent @ShannonBream
— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) January 19, 2022
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