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If Nina Totenberg accidentally published her pre-write before she was supposed to and blew Alito's retirement announcement, I am going to die laughing at my desk

Joe Patrice@joepatrice.bsky.social

So according to the folks on the scene in SCOTUSBlog's chat, "The PIO just checking with Nina in the broadcast booth and Nina says this is a mistake and they are taking it down."

Jay Willis

@jaywillis.net

30 June

RIP me but I had a good run

Mike Scarcella@mikescarcella.bsky.social

Jay Willis

@jaywillis.net

30 June

I pulled a PDF of the article before NPR took it down, take a look for yourself. It's all a pre-write with quotes already in there, nothing in the content hinged on anything he was saying or doing today. Nina Totenberg just hit PUBLISH in the CMS too soon. drive.google.com/file/d/1MaZY...

drive.google.comJustice Samuel Alito, who wrote the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, retires : NPR.pdf

greg macdougall (613)

@equitableeducation.ca

For future reference it is more useful to save to @waybackmachine.bsky.social ( @archive.org ) because a PDF can be altered to be whatever someone wants it to be. Same with screenshots. Capturing an archive is gold standard of being able to demonstrate what something actually was before it changed.

30/6/26, 4:35 pm0 reposts2 likes

greg macdougall (613)

@equitableeducation.ca

30 June

The original, before it was removed by NPR: web.archive.org/web/20260630...

web.archive.orgJustice Samuel Alito, who wrote the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, retiresAlthough not well known outside the court, Alito played a key role in leading the conservative charge, not just on abortion, but on a host of other issues.