AJ 025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Amicus Curiae, Earl Warren, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Administration of Justice (AJ)
• Course: AJ 025
• Professor: shirk

Document Summary

Justices base decisions on (1) legal and (2) political considerations. Rule 10: governs certiorari decision-making process in which scotus emphasizes. Conflict (when two courts of appeals have conflicting decisions on same matter, or when state court decisions conflict with other state courts, or with federal courts: presence of actual conflict increases likelihood of review. 3 political factors affecting court decisions: (1) u. s solicitor general, (2) amicus curiae briefs, and (3) ideologies of justices. When the office of the solicitor general (attorney representing u. s government before. Amicus curiae: briefs filed by interest groups/third parties after court makes its decision to hear a case, but can also be filed at certiorari stage: amicus briefs significantly increase case"s chances of being heard. If major organizations are so interested in paying cost of filing briefs supporting (or even opposing) court review, then petition for cert might be worth consideration.