FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2013 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia speaks at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. At the Supreme Court, technology can be regarded as a necessary evil, and sometimes not even necessary. When they have something to say to each other in writing, the justices never do it by e-mail. And the court's historical society says the Supreme Court had no photocopying machine until 1969, a few years after Xerox had become a verb. Among those who think the Supreme Court will weigh in is Justice Antonin Scalia, who addressed the topic in July in a question-and-answer session with a technology group. Scalia said the elected branches of government are better situated to balance security needs and privacy protections. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hardly quick to adopt the latest technological innovations.
The justices shun email in their interoffice notes to each other in favor of old-fashioned paper. The court's historical society says the first photocopier didn't show up at the courthouse until a few years after "Xerox" had become a verb.
So as the legal fight over the mass collection of Americans' telephone records by the National Security Agency gets closer to the Supreme Court, it comes as no surprise that some justices already are on record as saying the court should be wary about taking on big questions of technology and privacy.
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