Will Bode

Well, just from my understanding was that this was not the rule when we were there as clerks and that this emerged. I sort of heard murmurs that this had emerged after that fact, after that time period.

Well, just from my understanding was that this was not the rule when we were there as clerks and that this emerged. I sort of heard murmurs that this had emerged after that fact, after that time period.

But if you have five to summarily reverse, four who just want to deny, and the rule or the practice requires six, then you just deny, I think, in that situation. Right.

But if you have five to summarily reverse, four who just want to deny, and the rule or the practice requires six, then you just deny, I think, in that situation. Right.

Well, we need some inside reporting. Maybe we need some more leaks. Someone like Joan Biskupic can give us a deep dive on this. I am still stunned. This is tangent, but that we've ended up in this world where there's no time limits on our arguments. I mean, it's like we're back in the 19th century when people would come and just talk for hours and hours. It's so different.

Well, we need some inside reporting. Maybe we need some more leaks. Someone like Joan Biskupic can give us a deep dive on this. I am still stunned. This is tangent, but that we've ended up in this world where there's no time limits on our arguments. I mean, it's like we're back in the 19th century when people would come and just talk for hours and hours. It's so different.

Weren't they like multi-day at one point? Sometimes, yeah, I think.

Weren't they like multi-day at one point? Sometimes, yeah, I think.

I've listened to most of the arguments from this term thus far. I don't know if you're listening to most of them, but my impression is that the quality of the oral advocacy is quite high right now. Maybe on average higher than I remember it being in past years or at least a decade ago. I don't have a

I've listened to most of the arguments from this term thus far. I don't know if you're listening to most of them, but my impression is that the quality of the oral advocacy is quite high right now. Maybe on average higher than I remember it being in past years or at least a decade ago. I don't have a

empirical study and i don't have a hypothesis for why that might be true but i've just i just feel like i listen to argument after argument after argument in pretty random cases and i'm just hearing pretty high quality advocacy uh including you know from some of the usual suspects but from some less well-known people

empirical study and i don't have a hypothesis for why that might be true but i've just i just feel like i listen to argument after argument after argument in pretty random cases and i'm just hearing pretty high quality advocacy uh including you know from some of the usual suspects but from some less well-known people

Yeah. Like there used to be a lot of – like a significant chunk of people you would get up there and you'd just be like, gosh, this person is basically committing malpractice by coming up to the Supreme Court podium and has no idea how to do this, right?

Yeah. Like there used to be a lot of – like a significant chunk of people you would get up there and you'd just be like, gosh, this person is basically committing malpractice by coming up to the Supreme Court podium and has no idea how to do this, right?

Don't you think even 20 years ago, I feel like you could always find a fancy person who would do it for free who needs the exposure?

Don't you think even 20 years ago, I feel like you could always find a fancy person who would do it for free who needs the exposure?

Yeah. Yeah. I'm not sure I've listened to every single one this term, but I don't think I've listened to one thus far, which there's a clunker, kind of a one where you're just kind of shaking your head. And I do feel like when I was clerking, we got several of those. Oh, yeah. I feel like in some prior years there have been. So I don't know. I would be interested in hearing from the

Yeah. Yeah. I'm not sure I've listened to every single one this term, but I don't think I've listened to one thus far, which there's a clunker, kind of a one where you're just kind of shaking your head. And I do feel like when I was clerking, we got several of those. Oh, yeah. I feel like in some prior years there have been. So I don't know. I would be interested in hearing from the

scotus bar whether they agree with my assessment and if so if they have plausible hypotheses well they're gonna be biased but i'd be curious well not necessarily i mean there might be people who are members of the i mean supreme court bar who are very critical of other members of the bar right so i mean someone could think that they're a great advocate but you know the other folks are not so i'm not sure fair enough yeah that's interesting

scotus bar whether they agree with my assessment and if so if they have plausible hypotheses well they're gonna be biased but i'd be curious well not necessarily i mean there might be people who are members of the i mean supreme court bar who are very critical of other members of the bar right so i mean someone could think that they're a great advocate but you know the other folks are not so i'm not sure fair enough yeah that's interesting