With the coronavirus outbreak closing the Supreme Court building, the justices have been listening to arguments over conference calls.
Unfortunately, as Roman Martinez was challenging part of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act on Wednesday, an errant toilet flush was heard.
Anticipating that this situation could happen, the court issued a directive that lawyers mute their side when not speaking.
While Martinez didn’t call attention to the sound, CNN notes that the general public was allowed to listen in real-time for the first time so many others experienced what the network dubbed, “The flush heard around the country”.
Source: https://www.snopes.com/ap/2020/05/06/audio-toilet-flushes-on-telephone-during-u-s-supreme-court-arguments/
