R&R: What it’s like inside the Supreme Court
Taking a break from the news of the day.
Hi, all! I hope you had a great Fourth of July and are having a restful weekend.
It’s been a surreal few days in Washington and I’ll have a lot more to say about the future of President Biden’s re-election campaign — it’s not looking pretty, folks — on Monday. But, every Sunday, I try to step outside of the daily news cycle with R&R, a private email for paid subscribers.
This week’s email will move away bit from the usual recap/recommendations format, because I want to try something different. After my report last week from inside the Supreme Court as the justices announced their presidential immunity decision, I received a lot of questions from readers about what it’s like covering the court. What does it feel like? Where do you sit? And, how did you get to be one of the 19 reporters there in the first place? So, for this Sunday’s email, I thought it would be a fun treat to peel back the curtain a bit and give paid subscribers a behind-the-scenes look at the court.
Some questions that will be answered in today’s issue:
What’s the deal with Clarence Thomas leaning so far back in his chair?
Why aren’t the opinion announcements livestreamed?
What’s the “running of the interns”?
This is the kind of exclusive coverage you can get by becoming a paid subscriber to Wake Up To Politics! If you haven’t done so already, you can click here to unlock the entirety of today’s email. I’m so grateful for your support, which is what allows me to do things like report for you from the Supreme Court in the first place.
OK, let’s step together into One First Street:
The first thing to know about covering the Supreme Court on an opinion announcement day is there are two different places you can do it from. Not to get too philosophical or anything, but I actually think the decision can tell you a fair amount about a journalist’s goals and what they try to emphasize in their reporting.
Here are the two options: