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Justice Alito opts out of the cert. pool.

althouse.blogspot.com » 2008 » September » 26th » Justice Alito opts out of the cert. pool.

Tagged: supreme court, alito, ken starr

He's rejecting the efficiency of the system of shared law clerks in which clerk writes a memo relied on by Justices using the pool to decide whether to grant the petition to the Supreme Court to hear a case. A petition accepted that must later be dismissed as “improvidently granted” is a significant embarrassment to the clerk in question. On the other hand, it is hard to get into trouble … Continue Reading »

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