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Finding the Balance

Contempt of Court with Elie Mystal

CHAPTER

The Importance of the Rule of Four on the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court gets 7,000 appeals a year. When Anthony Kennedy retired, replaced by Brett Kavanaugh, that gave the hardcore conservatives four votes for cert. The key is that this discretion empowers the court in all kinds of ways that are incredibly subjective and very strategic. What Congress giveth, Congress can take it away.

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