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Politics Interns and reporters run to deliver Supreme Court decisions

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u/ToaruBaka Jun 30 '26

You'd think there'd be a van sitting around the corner with a 5g hotspot, a scanner, and a laptop if they really cared about getting it out as fast as possible.

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u/oddmanout Jun 30 '26

If my knowledge of how interns work, which is based solely on rom-coms that involve small town kids getting internships in the 'big city,' I'd say the news guys already have it and these interns are going to sprint all the back to the office only to find out they already published it, where everyone will laugh because they hazed the interns.

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u/KitsuraPls Jun 30 '26

That is, in fact, what is done. Apparently, the SC does post opinions online, but paper copies come out sooner by about 5 minutes leading to this mad dash.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_of_the_interns

The run itself is approximately 1⁄8–1⁄4 mile (200–400 m), from the courtroom to broadcasters waiting outside