Supreme Court Justices Still Don't Quite Grasp Email
Just the folks we need deciding 21st-century privacy issues
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Elena Kagan says she and her fellow Supreme Court justices aren't the most tech savvy group of people and still communicate with each other the same way they did when she was a clerk in 1987: with paper memos.
In an appearance in Providence on Tuesday, Kagan acknowledged the justices have a ways to go to understand technologies such as Facebook, Twitter and even email.
"It's a challenge for us," Kagan said, while also noting that she herself uses email, goes online and reads blogs.
Kagan, 53, was appointed to the court in 2010 by President Barack Obama. She previously served as solicitor general of the United States and dean of Harvard Law School, among other accomplishments. She is the youngest justice and the one most recently appointed to the court.
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Debunked by none other than Clarence Thomas who described in answer to question the marvelous set up that enables justices to work remotely and travel with ease maybe due to security concerns with NSA they have returned to memos but I doubt it. Also maybe they hand deliver memos in the office so they can talk supposed to be good for communication skills.But nothing like a good story to pass along without checking if the newbie is just tooting her own horn.