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Where SCOTUS Petitions Go To Die

September 1, 2015

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Thousands of petitions will be sent to the Supreme Court over the summer, and on Sept. 28 the Court will hold a “long conference” in which they reject almost every single one. “The summer list is where petitions go to die,” Gregory G. Garre, formerly solicitor general in the George W. Bush administration and now with Latham & Watkins, told the New York Times. During the Court’s October to June session it grants about 1.1 percent of petitions; that number plummets to just 0.6 percent for petitions sent over the summer. Some attribute that to the justices not wanting to fill up the Court’s slate too early in the session. Others suggest that new law clerks may be hesitant to recommend taking up cases.

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