Opening Arguments Archive: Topics: Caseloads

Key Excerpt: Specter and Sotomayor on Caseloads

Courtesy of CQ Transcriptions SEN. SPECTER: Let me return to a subject I raised yesterday but from a different perspective. And that is the issue of the Supreme Court taking on more cases. In 1886, there were 451 cases decided...

Key Excerpt: Specter and Sotomayor on Caseloads

Courtesy of CQ Transcriptions SEN. SPECTER: During his confirmation hearings, Chief Justice Roberts said the court, quote, "could contribute more to the clarity and uniformity of the law by taking more cases." Judge Sotomayor, do you agree with that statement...