Why Even Bother Trying To Argue Before The Supreme Court These Days?

A candid take on the Supreme Court.

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Tom Goldstein

We used to fight over the vote of Justice O’Connor, then Justice Kennedy. Then it was, ‘I have a really clever argument to get the Chief [Justice John Roberts].’ Now, none of that matters, and I have better things to do than beat my head against that wall.

— Tom Goldstein, in an interview with David Lat published in Bloomberg Law, discussing the future of the Supreme Court and his decision to retire from appellate practice.

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