U.S. Supreme Court,
Judges and Judiciary
Oct. 23, 2019
Oral arguments: A computational analysis
Oral argument, it turns out, can be a remarkably powerful predictor of the justices’ votes.
Gregory M. Dickinson
Olin-Smith Fellow
Stanford Law School Program in Law, Science and Technology
It's October again in America, and you know what that means: apple cider, playoff baseball, and the start of a new Supreme Court term. Each year the court seizes our attention with a mix of anticipation, fear, hope, and excitement as we eagerly await its decisions on the key questions of the day. This year the stakes are even higher, as the court has agreed to hear cases touching nearly every hot-button issue in society, including abortion, gay rights, gun restriction...
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