Perspective
Oct. 10, 2009
Oral Arguments, or Theatrical Performances?
Gideon Kanner of Loyola Law School comments on the U.S. Supreme Court Justices' attitudes toward oral argument.
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By Gideon KannerThere are things in life that people just don't like to mess with, like the human vermiform appendix, for example. It performs no significant physiological function, and is said to be a vestigial organ that has lost its original function. Still, no one wants to undergo an appendectomy just to get rid of it. It's sort of like that with oral argument in the appellate courts these days. Maybe in the past, when courts were "cold"...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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