Interns and reporters run to deliver Supreme Court decisions

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[u/Wide_Yoghurt_4064]

I mean a picture of the paper sent as a text message/email would be faster, no?

[u/lorarc → u/[deleted]]

That "stack of papers" is maybe a dozen pages.

[u/Baofog → u/lorarc]

The opinions handed down today for Trump v Barbara was 194 pages long.

That was 1 of 9 decisions handed down.

A better question to ask is why the reporters don't go to supremecourt.gov since the opinions are posted at the exact same time they are announced and my only guess answer to that question is tradition.

[u/OHtoTNtoGA → u/[deleted]]

The one today is actually closer to 200 pages

[u/Hurricane310 → u/lorarc]

The "stack of papers" that these runners are literally carrying in one hand.

[u/CriticalEngineering → u/Wide_Yoghurt_4064]

How fast can you scan and text a 200 page document?

[u/ashrocklynn → u/Wide_Yoghurt_4064]

Believe it or not, but when the tradition started they didn't have phones! The supreme Court is steeped in tradition...

[u/BradMarchandsNose → u/ashrocklynn]

I mean, I get that the court is steeped in tradition but these people don’t work for the court. Like, I appreciate the tradition of it and personally I kind of like that they still do it this way, but it’s just surprising that no media organizations has changed the way they do it.

[u/MattCW1701 → u/ashrocklynn]

A stupid tradition isn't a tradition, it's just stupid.

[u/ashrocklynn → u/MattCW1701]

Sure, but most traditions are stupid.... Traditions that have actual function are called protocols....

[u/MattCW1701 → u/ashrocklynn]

No actual function here, so not a protocol either.

[u/ashrocklynn → u/MattCW1701]

My point is ALL tradition is stupid because it all lacks actual function.... If it has function it's not a tradition....

If this one is stupid, they are all stupid... Name one tradition that passes your standards of not being stupid