Tag: Constitutional court

  • Agenda Setting

    Agenda Setting Note: for information on Certiorari, please see here. Agenda Setting on the U.S. Supreme Court The first important aspect to note are the institutional rules governing the Supreme Court’s agenda-setting decisions. Again, Congress has the ability to alter the Court’s appellate jurisdiction to determine which appeals it must hear versus those that it…

  • Agenda Setting

    Agenda Setting Note: for information on Certiorari, please see here. Agenda Setting on the U.S. Supreme Court The first important aspect to note are the institutional rules governing the Supreme Court’s agenda-setting decisions. Again, Congress has the ability to alter the Court’s appellate jurisdiction to determine which appeals it must hear versus those that it…

  • Case Selection

    Case Selection in the United States Supreme Court of the United States: Criteria for Selecting Cases Introduction to Case Selection The Supreme Court tries to avoid deciding cases whenever it can. This reluctance, which is called judicial self-restraint, stems partly from the crushing volume […]