Via Drudge via Twitter, here’s the latest from gossip site Radar.com:
EXCLUSIVE: John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, is seriously considering stepping down from the nation’s highest court for personal reasons, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively…. RadarOnline.com has been told that Roberts, 55, could announce his decision at any time.
This is, obviously, not true.1 But what I’m curious about is where something like this comes from. When it’s celebrity gossip, you figure it comes from one of the thousands of sycophants and hangers-on that infest Hollywood and the celebrity world in general. But the Supreme Court? Who the hell peddles phony gossip about the Supreme Court?
1Yes, yes, maybe it is true. Then I’ll eat my words. But come on.
UPDATE: Question answered! It came from a Georgetown law professor who was playing a trick on his class. Apparently all it took was a quick text message from a student for this to hit the big time.
