It was a rough day for the crack reporters at SCOTUSblog.
SCOTUSblog, sponsored by Bloomberg Law, offers comprehensive coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court, including oral-argument and opinion analysis, symposia with legal scholars and a live blog on decision days.
The website boasted over 50,000 visitors on its live blog when Monday’s Hobby Lobby decision was handed down.
The SCOTUSblog staff have also won a Peabody Award for Excellence in Electronic Media, and the National Press Club’s Breaking News Award.
As of late Monday morning, dozens of Twitter users incorrectly cited SCOTUSblog’s Twitter handle @SCOTUSblog as the official Twitter account of the United States Supreme Court.
This @SCOTUSblog ruling allows bosses to force their personal beliefs on employees.#Obamacare #ACA #publichealth #healthpolicy
— Shahida Rice PhD MPH (@ShahidaOnHealth) June 30, 2014
Not to be subdued by the miscreants, the good sports at SCOTUSblog responded with a little snark of their own.
But you complete us. MT @stevenwishnoff: @SCOTUSblog You disgust me.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 30, 2014
Noted. -Scalia MT @ypiddle: @SCOTUSblog You sided with the crazies. Good job!! Tell your boys to keep their thingies in their pants.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 30, 2014
Back atcha RT @ValerieRugulo: sometimes i almost feel like my country considers me a person, shoutout to @SCOTUSblog for the reality check
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 30, 2014
Sticks and stones RT @Im_X1: @SCOTUSblog You disgust me. The very antithesis of all the United States stands for. You all should be ashamed.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 30, 2014
Even after the glib responses from SCOTUSblog, a handful of users still argued that @SCOTUSblog was the actual Supreme Court.
The passive aggressive way @SCOTUSblog is answering right now is horrible considering the position they just put women in. Not okay.
— Yes I Know (@WollyWollenberg) June 30, 2014
Drops mic. RT @sayyeslena: Have y’all seen what @SCOTUSblog is tweeting? #MyGovernmentIsBeingPassiveAggressive #Awkward
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 30, 2014
The United States Supreme Court has no official Twitter account.
