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Justice By The Numbers: The Supreme Court And The Rule Of Four-Or Is It Five?, Ira Robbins
Justice By The Numbers: The Supreme Court And The Rule Of Four-Or Is It Five?, Ira Robbins
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INTRODUCTION:In the early hours of April 14, 2000, Robert Lee Tarver died in Alabama's electric chair, even though four Justices of the United States Supreme Court had voted to review the merits of his case. This situation is not unique. Each year, practitioners and pro se litigants alike petition the Supreme Court without fully knowing the rules pursuant to which the Court will decide their client's, or their own, fate. The reason is that the Supreme Court operates under two sets of rules-those that are published and those that are not. The former specify This Article is based on a …