Ping to an addendum to the Robert’s story. I thought you might be interested.
I’m just surprised Obama didn’t try to accept his resignation on the rumor.
That professor needs to turn around and notice how many of his students spend the class with a text messaging device in their hands.
Yet another reason why 1Ls shouldn’t have laptops in class.
At least a couple of posters here on FR thought it was worth the risk of looking like completely gullible dolts in order to be the first to post BREAKING NEWS!!!!!
What a stupid, reckless thing for the professor to do. Of course, it’s possible that it wasn’t an accident...
There are more than a few Freepers who should be ashamed of themselves - mortified, really - over their behavior on the rumor thread this morning. Some of it was absolutely disgusting. This is not the DUmpster, and those Freepers need to remind themselves of that.
Just a Progressive’s wet dream....
The idiot who apparently started it:
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/facinfo/tab_faculty.cfm?Status=Faculty&ID=333
Drudge was too darn eager to publish this to his discredit.
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Everyone is wondering: Where did that erroneous rumor of an imminent retirement by Chief Justice John Roberts come from?
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Many FReepers believe Rahm was bored today. Decided to stir the pot.
I believe it.
Thank God it’s not true.
I almost wound up in the local Emergency Room!
Stupid first-years.
To which Dan Rather was seen running about, wearing only his bathrobe, and screaming, “Fake, but accurate! Fake, but accurate!”
The professor was attempting to teach a lesson on rumors and reliable sources to his first year law class, i.e., just because you heard it from what you consider to be a reliable source doesn’t mean it is accurate, so check it out before you run with it.
Looks like he succeeded in spades! If they didn’t learn from this, they will never learn. Perhaps the professor learned his own lesson as well!
I think he’s a good professor who’d like his students to think. He is, however, guilty of (1) underestimating the technology used by his students, and (2) overestimating his students’ ability to sort out facts.
I was sure he was going to elope with Justice Ginsburg and run off to a remote South Pacific island.
Since this is not true and can not be rationally explained as a mistake, then one must wonder if this was not some kind of trial balloon.
1. A threat to the Chief Justice
2. Groundwork for the media to discuss the NATURE of this court and the need for Obama to pack it. Which would lead to —>
3. An attempt to refire the leftist base regarding Obama’s great value to them
4. If challenged in court, there are a number of constitutional weaknesses in the HealthCare Bill that would eventually work their way to SCOTUS. This could be the beginning of that battle.