David Stras, appeals judge for the 8th Circuit, joins Sarah Isgur and David French at the University of Chicago Law School to discuss complexities of case selection in the Supreme Court, the quality and clarity of judicial opinions, and disagreements with Justice Clarence Thomas.
The Agenda:
—Recent SCOTUS cases
—Supreme Court denies Trump request
—SCOTUS kicks bias response teams
—Judge Stras' background from Holocaust survivor grandparents
—Decline in Supreme Court cases
—Cert pool theory
—Professionalization of justices has changed the landscape of the court
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