The rumor about Chief Justice John Roberts’ resignation started when a blog post talked about how he is planning to step down tomorrow because of health reasons.

A student reportedly created the blog post after his professor claimed the resignation story to be true:

“Our criminal justice professor started our 9am lecture with the news that Roberts will be resigning tomorrow for health reasons- that he could not handle the administrative burdens of the job. He would not say how he knows- but halfway through our lecture on the credibility and reliability of informants he revealed that the Roberts rumor was made up to show how someone you ordinarily think is credible and reliable (ie a law professor) can disseminate inaccurate information.”

The website RadarOnline retracted its earlier news story that confirmed Roberts’ resignation and apologized for the misinformation:

“Update: RadarOnline.com has obtained new information that Justice Roberts will NOT resign. The justice will be staying on the bench.”

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