Supreme Court - Its Analog Ways

Isn't often I can say something good of any government branch dept, agency, etc.

Been disappointed many times, but it seems the United States Supreme Court can do at least on thing right, and that is maintaining a decorum and keep a secret.

While many are focus on a Historic Week Opens as High Court Saves Biggest Cases for Last  this week, I found this aspect process interesting.

As Social Media Swirls Around It, Supreme Court Sticks to Its Analog Ways

WASHINGTON — Chad Griffin, a gay rights advocate, has arrived twice this month at the Supreme Court with his bags packed, ready to fly off to a rally if the court rules on same-sex marriage. Ted Olson, a veteran lawyer who argued the case, will be sitting in court on Monday, just in case. And Lisa Blatt, a Supreme Court litigator, is one of many Washington court watchers who will be eagerly refreshing her Web browser.

They will be joined, if Twitter is any guide, by thousands of anxious, curious people across the country eagerly waiting for the court to rule on a remarkable number of major cases with huge implications. With just days remaining in its 2013 schedule, the court has left dangling its considered opinions on same-sex marriage, affirmative action and the nation’s voting rights laws.

“We all crave information instantaneously,” said Ms. Blatt, a lawyer at Arnold & Porter who has argued 33 cases before the court, including one that is still pending this year. Last Monday, and again last Thursday, she found herself scouring legal blogs, looking for whatever clues might exist.

“I always thought those people were strange, and there I was, doing it,” she said. “People are dying to know something that they can’t.”

FULL STORY - NEW YORK TIMES