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This paper exploring the writ of certiorari in the United States Constitutional Law is the second of the series “Constitutional Law Around the Globe”.
Luiz Henrique Diniz Araújo
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The Supreme Court has wide discretion to choose the cases it will decide. These choices matter, as they both shape and are shaped by our national social, political, and economic discourse. So how does the Court exercise its discretion? The Supreme Court’s rules explain that it may hear any case “important” enough for it to decide.
Tejas N. Narechania
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Certiorari, Universality, and a Patent Puzzle
The most important determinant of a case’s chances for Supreme Court review is a circuit split: If two courts of appeals have decided the same issue differently, review is substantially more likely. But practically every appeal in a patent case makes its way to a single court—the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Tejas N. Narechania
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Judicial Choice Among Cases for Certiorari [PDF]
How does the Supreme Court choose among cases to grant cert? In a model with a strategic Supreme Court, a continuum of rule-following lower courts, a set of potential cases for revision, and a dist...
Bustos Donoso, Álvaro, Jacobi, Tonja
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Certiorari in the Roberts Court
Certiorari—the process by which the Supreme Court sets its docket—is a mystery. The Supreme Court’s rules explain that it may hear any sufficiently “important” case—a standard that seems hopelessly vague. In previous work, I tried to bring some coherence
Tejas N. Narechania
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The Downstream Effects of Certiorari: Agenda-Setting, Amicus Briefs, and Opinion Writing on the US Supreme Court [PDF]
The majority opinion of the Supreme Court establishes precedent, but separate opinion writing affords the justices the ability to expound upon it or express their disagreement with the ruling or its logic. We broaden the exploration of separate opinion
Sahar Abi-Hassan +2 more
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Art. III of the US Constitution establishes a Supreme Court, as well as other inferior federal courts ordained by Congress. Federal courts hear cases and controversies which involve federal law.
Gheorghe-Liviu ZIDARU +1 more
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In its Burmych and Others v. Ukraine judgment of October 2017 the European Court of Human Rights dismissed more than 12,000 applications due to the fact that they were not only repetitive in nature, but also mutatis mutandis identical to applications ...
Geir Ulfstein, Andreas Zimmermann
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The U.S. Supreme Court interpreted the provision in Lanham Act that provides remedies to "any person who believes that he is or will be damaged," The Court set forth a two-prong test tied to the Act that should be used to assess whether a statutory ...
Charles Thomason
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Kansas V. Johnson: On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas
This amicus brief in support of Kansas’ petition for certiorari in Kansas v. Boettger discusses the important issue of whether the First Amendment require proof of specific intent to criminally punish violent threats.
Paul G. Cassell +6 more
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