Why the Supreme Court news site SCOTUSblog plays the role of a "public service"

Where are you on Thursday at 10am (Eastern Time)? Like tens of thousands of other people, I scan the SCOTUSbloglive blogfor live coverage of the Supreme Court's decision.

With 13 proceedings remaining this quarter, the court will submit some proceedings on Thursday, and more on Friday, and perhaps next Monday. Every time, lawyers, reporters, TV anchors and professionals monitor the SCOTUS blog and jump into the news. The site 20 years ago sounds exactly like that. A blog that promises only one thing: comprehensive coverage of the Supreme Court. And it has a rare combination of features: cult-like status, hard-earned credibility, and widespread respect for the news throughout the world.

This site was founded by Tom Goldstein and Amy Howe, a marital team that cares deeply about the judiciary department. (We'll talk more about this later.) Now they can feel a strong interest in court. , "Howe told me. "We are waiting for a potentially huge decision on abortion and gun rights, along with some other high-profile cases of religion and the environment, and a draft opinion on the Mississippi abortion case last month. The leak caused the public to really concentrate and turned their attention to the court in a way I had never experienced before. "

Howe stated that the closest similarity to 2022 was in 2012 a court decision on the Affordable Care Act to support individual obligations as taxes. A news agency reporting that the law was upheld.

The traffic for the day was off the chart. There is nothing comparable to that. But this term is very active. Traffic in June of this year is "significantly higher than at the same time in the last five years," Howe said.

I asked her how the SCOTUS blog has evolved over the last 20 years. This is because all other facts about the Internet changed during that period. "Like everyone else, blogging is currently focused on publishing stories quickly, even if they aren't as fast as many news sites," she said. "And while many blog readers are lawyers and law students, I tried to give the general audience as much access as possible to my coverage." Accuracy and clarity have always been the most important attributes .. Turn your site into a destination that people find reliable ...

Public service model

"Since its inception in 2002, the SCOTUS blog has been the Supreme Court news. , Has evolved into an excellent source of commentary and research, "LawSites's Bob Ambrogi wrote last year. Blogs have a rare business model. In other words, there aren't many business models.
Goldstein & Russell, P.C.'s partner Goldstein, has filed dozens ofproceedings in front of the judge. He sees the SCOTUS blog as a "public service" and tells me it's not a commercial venture. In fact, it employs a few full-time staff, losing about $ 400,000 a year. "But that has a little indirect impact on my reputation as a lawyer," he said. He pondered the subscription model, but said, "We haven't seen the people we most want to educate make payment decisions."

Over the years, the site has expanded to platforms such as Twitter, TikTok, and the Podcast Universe. "It's good online to have more ways to educate the general public about courts," Howe said ...

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, CNN's Ariane de Vogue recently said a blockbuster incident and an unprecedented leak, "something else is happening." There is a fence around the courthouse, security details are assigned to judges, and there is a political atmosphere of being digital rather than face-to-face.

"Usually at the end of June, we go to court,"de Vogue said."Judges come out from behind that crimson curtain and they read the opinion of the big case of the term and the dissenting opinion. That doesn't happen this time. Probably of Covid, the court itself. It's because I'm just going to get these main opinions on the internet, changing the shape of society, without the judge explaining. This is unprecedented, but it's also these difficult times. It is also a symbol of ... "

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