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Cert pool

The cert pool is a mechanism by which the Supreme Court of the United States manages the influx of petitions for certiorari ("cert") to the court. It was instituted in 1973, as one of the institutional reforms of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger on the suggestion of Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.

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Cert pool

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples29
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

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Cert pool

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related to Purpose and operation · 18
Cert pool → Alito, Associate Justices Byron White, Burger, Chief Justice Warren, Each, Gorsuch, Harry Blackmun, In Burger's, Justice William Brennan, Justices Samuel Alito, Lewis Powell, Neil Gorsuch, October Term, Supreme Court, The, This, Today, William Rehnquist
related to Criticisms · 10
Cert pool → Berman, Certain, Douglas, Ken Starr, Lyle Denniston, Memos, SCOTUSblog, Starr, The, Warren Burger
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Cert pool → mechanism by which the Supreme Court of the United States manages the influx of petitions for certiorari

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pool justice cert petitions court petition clerks clerk burger justices may chief warren certiorari participate memos argued supreme lewis powell

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Cert poolis amechanism by which the Supreme Court of the United States manages the influx of petitions for certiorari0.90text
Cert poolrelated to CriticismsThe0.60section
Cert poolrelated to CriticismsCertain0.60section
Cert poolrelated to CriticismsKen Starr0.60section
Cert poolrelated to CriticismsWarren Burger0.60section
Cert poolrelated to CriticismsStarr0.60section
Cert poolrelated to CriticismsLyle Denniston0.60section
Cert poolrelated to CriticismsSCOTUSblog0.60section
Cert poolrelated to CriticismsMemos0.60section
Cert poolrelated to CriticismsDouglas0.60section
Cert poolrelated to CriticismsBerman0.60section
Cert poolrelated to Purpose and operationEach0.60section

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