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Saturday, November 19, 2011
Courts - "Storied high court: Justices bring life to oral arguments"
See the Nov. 17th feature story by Joan Biskupic of USA TODAY. A sample:
Oral arguments, which run October to April and are devoted to the dueling sides of a case, offer a window into the justices, their thinking and their personalities. Unlike written opinions, which mainly reveal a justice's legal and ideological approach in scholarly terms, oral arguments lay bare quirks and personal traits. There are moments of spontaneity from the raised mahogany bench that one would never see in a written opinion.Substantively, many dynamics are at play. The justices probe the claims of the two sides. Yet they also use argument sessions to telegraph what they think of a dispute and perhaps begin persuading colleagues. And as has been evident in recent hearings, the justices sometimes turn to personal experience to make their points.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 19, 2011 03:25 PM
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