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Four Percent – Justice Scalia and Supreme Court Extensions

A Supreme Court Justice may, upon application, grant a motion for extension of time in which to file a petition for a period typically not exceeding 60 days. The procedure for obtaining an extension is to file an application with the Circuit Justice whose circuit covers the court whose decision is at issue. Though [...]

How The Supreme Court’s Certiorari Process Could Be Improved By Borrowing From Administrative Law Principles

Shon R. Hopwood2019-03-18T18:48:01-05:00May 22nd, 2011|Tags: administrative law, certiorari, Constraining Certiorari Using Administrative Law Principles, Kathryn Watts, University of Washington School of Law|

Many have argued that the Supreme Court’s process for choosing cases is too secretive, allows too much influence to the Court’s clerks, provides too many opportunities to business interests and too little opportunities to public interests, and should be changed. To alleviate some of these concerns, scholars have proposed changes to the Court’s certiorari [...]