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The Court and Its Procedures - Supreme Court of the United States
A Term of the Supreme Court begins, by statute, on the first Monday in October. Usually Court sessions continue until late June or early July. The Term is divided between "sittings," when the Justices hear cases and deliver opinions, and intervening "recesses," when they consider the business before the Court and write opinions. Sittings and recesses alternate at approximately two-week intervals.
http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/procedures.aspx
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Procedures of the Supreme Court of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the United States and the only court specifically established by the Constitution of the United States, implemented in 1789.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedures_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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Supreme Court Procedures - United States Courts
Background Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution establishes the Supreme Court of the United States. Currently, there are nine Justices on the Court. Before taking office, each Justice must be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Justices hold office during good behavior, typically, for life.
http://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/supreme-1
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How Does the U.S. Supreme Court Decide Whether to Hear a Case? - FindLaw
United States Supreme Court decisions have shaped history: important decisions have ended racial segregation, enforced child labor laws, kept firearms away from schools, and given the federal government the teeth it needs to regulate interstate commerce.
http://litigation.findlaw.com/legal-system/how-does-the-u-s-supreme-court-decide-whether-to-hear-a-case.html
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ThisNation - Supreme Court Decision Making
American government & politics portal. Free online textbook, documents library and more.
http://www.thisnation.com/textbook/judiciary-decision.html
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How Does the Supreme Court Decide to Hear a Case? - Free Advice
The Supreme Court decides to hear a case based on at least four of the nine Justices of the Supreme Court agreeing to grant the Petition for Certiorari. If four Justices agree to grant the petition, the Supreme Court will consider the case. A Petition for Certiorari is granted in very, few selected cases-fewer than 100 a year, by the Supreme Court of the United States.
http://law.freeadvice.com/litigation/appeals/supreme_court_case_hearing.htm
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How does the Supreme Court Decide Which Cases to Hear? - Wise GEEK
The Supreme Court will try a case if four justices agree to grant the writ of certiorari requesting a trial.
http://m.wisegeek.org/how-does-the-supreme-court-decide-which-cases-to-hear.htm
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OnPolitics: Supreme Court - Choosing Cases
The justices determine which cases to take. They never explain the reason for their choices. Whether or not a case is accepted "strikes me as a rather subjective decision, made up in part of intuition and in part of legal judgment," Rehnquist wrote in "The Supreme Court: How It Was, How It Is," his 1987 book about the court.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/supcourt/history/choosing.htm
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U.S. Supreme Court Procedures - US Gov Info
A Day in Court - regular procedures of the U.S. Supreme Court.
http://usgovinfo.about.com/blctprocedures.htm
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The Supreme Court Opinion Writing Database
The Supreme Court's operations are conducted behind the velvet curtains in its courtroom. Its activities are visible to the public in three distinct phases of the deliberation on a case: the Court announces its decision to grant certiorari (accepting the case on appeal), the Court's oral argument when the parties' lawyers appear before the Justices in their courtroom, and the announcement of the Court's decision.
http://supremecourtopinions.wustl.edu
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Supreme Court Review - Updates on our Nations Highest Court
The Court heard five cases in oral arguments and issued two opinions.
http://supremecourtreview.com
