Comments on: Round-Up: Grants http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/round-up-grants/ The Supreme Court of the United States blog Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:56:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: David.Huberman http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/round-up-grants/comment-page-1/#comment-12021 David.Huberman Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:18:46 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/round-up-grants/#comment-12021 Sar, we have ample proof the Justices heard about the small docket from their peers. Just a few weeks ago I watched Justice Alito get an earful from Dean Ken Starr, Professor Douglas Kmiec, and Carter Philips when they were together on a panel at Pepperdine. From Alito's comments, I concluded the Justices are well aware of the small docket and its historical significance. I think its reasonable to believe this awareness has a subtle effect on the cert process, and we'll continue to see that effect throughout the next few terms. Sar, we have ample proof the Justices heard about the small docket from their peers. Just a few weeks ago I watched Justice Alito get an earful from Dean Ken Starr, Professor Douglas Kmiec, and Carter Philips when they were together on a panel at Pepperdine. From Alito’s comments, I concluded the Justices are well aware of the small docket and its historical significance. I think its reasonable to believe this awareness has a subtle effect on the cert process, and we’ll continue to see that effect throughout the next few terms.

]]> By: Sar Atchinson http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/round-up-grants/comment-page-1/#comment-12020 Sar Atchinson Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:50:57 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/round-up-grants/#comment-12020 Mauro, as usual, gives himself far too much credit in suggesting that the increase in granted cases stems from media commentary. For the last time: while doubtlessly a popular parlor topic among self-congratulatory journalists seeking to justify their raison d'etre, the Justices simply don't care what the media says about the Court -- particularly with respect to the size of the docket. End of story. Someday, the media will grasp the concepts of "small sample size" and "regression to the mean." Until then, we can all look forward to continued misguided attempts to spot trends and patterns among the Justices and the docket. Mauro, as usual, gives himself far too much credit in suggesting that the increase in granted cases stems from media commentary. For the last time: while doubtlessly a popular parlor topic among self-congratulatory journalists seeking to justify their raison d’etre, the Justices simply don’t care what the media says about the Court — particularly with respect to the size of the docket. End of story.

Someday, the media will grasp the concepts of “small sample size” and “regression to the mean.” Until then, we can all look forward to continued misguided attempts to spot trends and patterns among the Justices and the docket.

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