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Linda Greenhouse: Drama Queen

Linda Greenhouse describes her "most surreal moment" in this New York Times article: It had to have been the day and night I spent in the Supreme Court press room on Dec. 12, 2000, waiting for the court to hand down its decision in the presidential election case, Bush v. Gore. The case had been argued the day before, and we were told to expect the decision.... By late afternoon, the press room had filled up almost to capacity with reporters from all over the world. It is not a large room, and it felt like a subway car at the height of rush hour. At least I had a place to sit -- my usual desk and chair in the corner. But I remember asking the press room staff to keep to door open, because I was literally afraid that the room would run out of oxygen...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on July 14, 2008 (boomark / email).