7 Tweets That Show the Supreme Court Isn't Hip to Technology
ABC News' Erin Dooley and Scott Wilson report:
Remember the simplistic terms you used when you taught your grandma how to email?
That's kind of how the Supreme Court described technology in its opinions handed down today. One, a unanimous opinion, bans police officers from searching a cell phone without a warrant. The other says that video streaming service Aereo violates broadcasters' copyright.
Here are seven tweets that show how the nation's highest court is a little behind the times when it comes to technology lingo:
This is how SCOTUS refers to sexting: pic.twitter.com/ZGgeQvlSJl
- Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) June 25, 2014
Supreme Court rules against TV streaming service @Aereo. Not a surprise. They all still call TV shows "programs." #SCOTUS
- H. Alan Scott (@HAlanScott) June 25, 2014
John Roberts: "proverbial visitor from Mars might conclude [cell phones] were an important feature of human anatomy" http://t.co/gEyA3eqC5V
- David Kurtz (@TPM_dk) June 25, 2014
My God, this kicker. pic.twitter.com/vfr7cX8C8Y
- Matt Ford (@fordm) June 25, 2014
SCOTUS: There's an app for that. pic.twitter.com/fsUJW0FDak
- Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) June 25, 2014
SCOTUS: Comparing digital to physical search "is like saying a ride on horseback is materially indistinguishable from a flight to the moon"
- Kevin Bankston (@KevinBankston) June 25, 2014
I believe Riley marks the first time SCOTUS has cited the iPhone User Guide. http://t.co/ONwTp2lzVa
- Zach Heiden (@zlheiden) June 25, 2014