Slate has an interesting jurisprudence essay on the impact of amicus filings at the U.S. Supreme Court level. Adam Chandler, "The Early Brief Gets the Worm: Liberal groups are ceding a key way to influence the Supreme Court," Slate (Dec. 5, 2008). [Via How Appealing]
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Doesn't sound like a method to get heard before the supreme court that we can afford to ignore.
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Posted by: Jason Kirk | January 12, 2010 at 09:30 AM