The Supreme Court currently grants around eighty cases per year for its merits review. These cases tackle issues that often divide federal courts. The Court takes up some cases due to the national importance of resolving certain issues. With some of these cases that deal with issues that divide segments of the populations like abortion…
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Interruptions and References
Supreme Court oral arguments are traditionally thought of as a time for the Justices to interact with and ask question of attorneys in a case. One of the lesser thought of aspects of oral arguments has to do with the interaction among the Justices. Over the years several studies and articles have looked at this…