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SCOTUS - Coggle Diagram

- - - - more power than UKSC
- - - - majority vote
      - they must serve during good behaviour
    - - most of them have never been trial judges
- - - - SCOTUS send to the lower courts a write of certiorari order asking for case documentation
      - cases are usually selected among that of
        
        considerable constitutional impact
        
        where the lower courts have consistently applied the law differently
      - The court hears cases in a panel of 9 judges
        
        two appellants and appellees with respective attorneys
        
        each party is granted 30 minutes to present the case
        
        on occasion one hour each
        
        shaking hands before the hearings
        
        after the hearing the SCOTUS the justice debate and decide over the appeals reasons
        
        they review their case with the clerks and draft a primary overview of the judgment
        
        the day after
        
        they meet in a conference room casting the vote
        
        the senior judge on the winning side assigned to a judge the role of drafting the opinion
        
        usually assigned to a clerk for the skeleton of the opinion
        
        then the draft is transmitted to the majority
        
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