A Thank You Note re Yesterday
I just wanted to thank the people who worked very hard to get accurate, timely posts up on the blog yesterday; the bloggers (esp., but not exclusively, Eugene Volokh, Glenn Reynolds, Andrew Sullivan, Howard Bashman, and the folks at ABC’s The Note) that prominently linked to the blog; and the readers who brought us a record (for us) 92,000 hits according to Statcounter (and who nearly brought down our webhost at around 1015am).
Also, I wanted to thank all the terrific people who took the time to write wonderful posts on the Discussion Blog. I learned a lot.
I do think in a very small way, but a hopefully significant one, the web (lots of sites, SCOTUSblog among them) changed the Court’s relationship with the public yesterday — both in terms of how information is distributed and how the Court’s opinions are subject to a quick, sophisticated reaction. I can’t imagine the same thing happening even a year ago.
And on behalf of your 92,000 readers, I’d like to thank you all for providing this forum, and contributing such compelling analyses! I (not a lawyer, but interested in constitutional law) have learned a lot more in this last week than I ever would have from news reports alone!
Oh, and thank you for making this site available via RSS. I kept up-to-date by subscribing to your main page and to the discussion page using Bloglines.com (which I recommend).
Comment by Harlan Harris — June 28, 2005 @ 6:47 pm
Being in Denver, I set my clock to wake up early and kept my browser on Scotus Blog till your reports started coming in. You were the only site I went to for news. You are the go-to site for breaking news of Supreme Court pronouncements and I think all legal bloggers recognize it.
We owe you a tremendous thanks for providing this great service.
Comment by TalkLeft — June 29, 2005 @ 12:44 am
I, also, keep up with the site via RSS. Since I assumed the site would be pretty hammered, I was reloading the RSS rather than the full page. I assumed the feed would be smaller (though I admit I didn’t check). I’m not sure I’m included in your stats, though. In any case, the updates were invaluable. Thanks!
Comment by Jay Goodman Tamboli — June 29, 2005 @ 8:28 am
If it isn’t a “trade secret,” would you mind explaining a bit how this was all accomplished? I think Lyle’s first post of the day was at something like 10:01am, announcing the first decision handed down. How did you manage to get it out there so quickly?
Comment by Marc Shepherd — June 29, 2005 @ 9:45 am