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LastLiberal in PalmSprings

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9. Know who makes the initial decision of which cases the Justices will consider? Their law clerks.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #8)

Wed Nov 14, 2018, 09:44 AM

Nov 2018

There is no way the justices have time to winnow through the tens of thousands of writs of certiorari, so it is the clerks -- most just out of law school -- who decide which cases proceed to the next level of the selection process.

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Thanks for the info -- and the link. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Nov 2018 #7

You are welcome and might I add this from the same link - BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #8

Know who makes the initial decision of which cases the Justices will consider? Their law clerks. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Nov 2018 #9

Yup. BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #10