The Supreme Court heard some of the most important cases of the term in a month when there almost were no arguments at all. The Court canceled its March and April sitting due to COVID-19. With flexible ingenuity, it then rescheduled ten arguments for May, which was the first time the Court had anything near…
Month: May 2020
Changes in Supreme Court Oral Argument Format: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
With a week of telephonic Supreme Court oral arguments under the belt we now have meaningful data points to compare old style oral arguments with the new framework. These new arguments were not without mishaps, however, as both justices and attorneys attempted to navigate this new terrain. With the Supreme Court transcript data and audio…
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