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The US Federal Court System: What Even ARE the Courts?
Let's talk about the Federal Court System! Headlines focus on the actions (or inaction) of Congress and the president, but those are only two parts of the important trilogy that makes up the United States government.
This video was made in collaboration with the great folks at ForwardMT.
Check them out here: https://forwardmontanafoundation.org/
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CORRECTION: The writer of this series is Taylor Behnke, not Taylor Benkhe. Apologies from the bottoms of our hearts for the typo.
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published: 25 May 2018
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Structure of the Court System: Crash Course Government and Politics #19
In which Craig Benzine talks about the structure of the U.S. court system and how exactly it manages to keep things moving smoothly. You'll learn about trial courts, district courts, appeals courts, circuit courts, state supreme courts, and of course the one at the top - the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s all quite a bit to manage with jurisdictions and such, but it's important to remember that the vast majority of cases never even make it to court! Most are settled out of court, but also terms like mootness and ripeness are used to throw cases out altogether. Today, we're going to focus on how cases make it to the top, and next week we’ll talk about what happens when they get there.
Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudios
Support is provided by...
published: 05 Jun 2015
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Introducton to the Federal Judiciary
An introduction to the Federal Judiciary and United States Courts presented by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
published: 15 Dec 2009
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What Is the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government? | History
What are the origins of the judicial branch of the U.S. government? What powers does the Supreme Court have, and what are its most notable rulings?
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published: 29 Jan 2018
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How Does The US Court System Work?
Ever wondered what all the different courts in the U.S. justice system do? Wonder no longer. AJ+ breaks down the roles of the different courts and how they function within the wider justice system.
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published: 15 May 2015
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Difference between federal court and state court
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published: 19 Apr 2017
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The American Court System Explained
Are you under arrest? Know your rights. Mr. Beat explains the American judicial system with both criminal and civil cases and at the federal and state levels.
Check out Supreme Court Briefs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN
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published: 17 May 2019
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Is It Legal? State and federal courts
What is the difference between state and federal courts? Is it legal to sue someone in whatever court you want?
published: 01 Apr 2020
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The US Federal Court System: How do you JOIN the courts?
There are hundreds of people serving as judges in the Federal Court System, but how did they all get there? What's the process to becoming a federal judge – and how can you affect who these people are?
This video was made in collaboration with the great folks at ForwardMT.
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published: 01 Jun 2018
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Why Texas judges have so much power right now
Why is Texas so good at changing policy for the whole US?
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In April 2021, Texas sued the US government over immigration policy. But they didn’t sue in Texas’s state capital; or in Washington, DC; or in any of the five federal courthouses along Texas’s border with Mexico. They filed the suit in a small Texas city called Victoria, far from any important government officials or immigration centers. And they did it there because they knew that if they did, a judge named Drew Tipton would be assigned to their case.
In the time since Joe Biden has become president, Texas has sued the federal government 31 times. That’s a lot, but what’s more striking is that eight of those lawsuits have been heard by Judg...
published: 11 May 2023
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The US Federal Court System: What Even ARE the Courts?
Let's talk about the Federal Court System! Headlines focus on the actions (or inaction) of Congress and the president, but those are only two parts of the impor...
Let's talk about the Federal Court System! Headlines focus on the actions (or inaction) of Congress and the president, but those are only two parts of the important trilogy that makes up the United States government.
This video was made in collaboration with the great folks at ForwardMT.
Check them out here: https://forwardmontanafoundation.org/
and here: https://www.facebook.com/forwardmontana/
CORRECTION: The writer of this series is Taylor Behnke, not Taylor Benkhe. Apologies from the bottoms of our hearts for the typo.
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Let's talk about the Federal Court System! Headlines focus on the actions (or inaction) of Congress and the president, but those are only two parts of the important trilogy that makes up the United States government.
This video was made in collaboration with the great folks at ForwardMT.
Check them out here: https://forwardmontanafoundation.org/
and here: https://www.facebook.com/forwardmontana/
CORRECTION: The writer of this series is Taylor Behnke, not Taylor Benkhe. Apologies from the bottoms of our hearts for the typo.
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- published: 25 May 2018
- views: 128688
6:59
Structure of the Court System: Crash Course Government and Politics #19
In which Craig Benzine talks about the structure of the U.S. court system and how exactly it manages to keep things moving smoothly. You'll learn about trial co...
In which Craig Benzine talks about the structure of the U.S. court system and how exactly it manages to keep things moving smoothly. You'll learn about trial courts, district courts, appeals courts, circuit courts, state supreme courts, and of course the one at the top - the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s all quite a bit to manage with jurisdictions and such, but it's important to remember that the vast majority of cases never even make it to court! Most are settled out of court, but also terms like mootness and ripeness are used to throw cases out altogether. Today, we're going to focus on how cases make it to the top, and next week we’ll talk about what happens when they get there.
Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudios
Support is provided by Voqal: http://www.voqal.org
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In which Craig Benzine talks about the structure of the U.S. court system and how exactly it manages to keep things moving smoothly. You'll learn about trial courts, district courts, appeals courts, circuit courts, state supreme courts, and of course the one at the top - the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s all quite a bit to manage with jurisdictions and such, but it's important to remember that the vast majority of cases never even make it to court! Most are settled out of court, but also terms like mootness and ripeness are used to throw cases out altogether. Today, we're going to focus on how cases make it to the top, and next week we’ll talk about what happens when they get there.
Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudios
Support is provided by Voqal: http://www.voqal.org
All Flickr.com images are licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 2.0
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- published: 05 Jun 2015
- views: 1957566
6:04
Introducton to the Federal Judiciary
An introduction to the Federal Judiciary and United States Courts presented by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
An introduction to the Federal Judiciary and United States Courts presented by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
https://wn.com/Introducton_To_The_Federal_Judiciary
An introduction to the Federal Judiciary and United States Courts presented by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
- published: 15 Dec 2009
- views: 26340
3:09
What Is the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government? | History
What are the origins of the judicial branch of the U.S. government? What powers does the Supreme Court have, and what are its most notable rulings?
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- published: 29 Jan 2018
- views: 846617
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How Does The US Court System Work?
Ever wondered what all the different courts in the U.S. justice system do? Wonder no longer. AJ+ breaks down the roles of the different courts and how they func...
Ever wondered what all the different courts in the U.S. justice system do? Wonder no longer. AJ+ breaks down the roles of the different courts and how they function within the wider justice system.
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Ever wondered what all the different courts in the U.S. justice system do? Wonder no longer. AJ+ breaks down the roles of the different courts and how they function within the wider justice system.
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- published: 15 May 2015
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10:10
The American Court System Explained
Are you under arrest? Know your rights. Mr. Beat explains the American judicial system with both criminal and civil cases and at the federal and state levels.
...
Are you under arrest? Know your rights. Mr. Beat explains the American judicial system with both criminal and civil cases and at the federal and state levels.
Check out Supreme Court Briefs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN
Have an idea for a video Mr. Beat should do? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat
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A special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com
Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Thanks to my brother, Steven Beat, for helping me make this video! #apgov #law #government
Sources:
https://www.justice.gov/usao/justice-101/federal-courts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_courts_of_appeals
https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/supreme-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_court_(United_States)
https://theoutline.com/post/2066/most-criminal-cases-end-in-plea-bargains-not-trials?zd=1&zi=74vtiogh
https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/watchdog/2014/09/06/cost-death-penalty-defense-per-case/15207931/
https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/types-cases/civil-cases
https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/court-role-and-structure/comparing-federal-state-courts
https://today.law.harvard.edu/book-review/in-new-book-shugerman-explores-the-history-of-judicial-selection-in-the-u-s/
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Shizzy9989
Phil Roeder
Videoplasty.com
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Nydia Tisdale
Say you’re accused of breaking a federal law, or a statute, or a treaty, or anything in the U.S. Constitution really. First of all, woah. Second of all, you go straight to the federal court system. You start out in district courts, aka the general trial courts. There are 94 districts in the country. Some states, like my home state of Kansas, have just one district. Other states, like Texas, have four. Even some of the United States territories get district courts. Ah, that’s nice. Each district court has at least one judge, appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. They can serve for life...unless they misbehave, of course. One of the judges in my district, a dude named Sam Crow, has been a district court judge literally my entire life. He is 93 freaking years old. But he’s joined by 10 others. I should say that Crow would be considered a youngin’ compared to this guy. Wesley Brown, who died in 2012 at the age of 104, was actively hearing cases also in the District of Kansas up until a month before he died. He was the oldest person to serve as a federal judge in American history. Anyway, at the district level, there are also subject-specific courts, you know...courts that specialize in certain areas, like taxes, claims against the federal government, and international trade. Also, each district has its own bankruptcy court.
So say they find you guilty in district court. (gasp!) No worries, you can appeal to the circuit courts. Also called the U.S. courts of appeals, they mostly hear appeals from district courts in a designated area. Hey, could you please put up that map again? Uh, thank you. Yeah so I’d be appealing in District 10...no not that District 10. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Each circuit court has multiple judges, ranging from six in the First Circuit all the way to 29 in the Ninth Circuit. Again, all of them appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Again, they can serve for life...unless they misbehave. Some circuit courts also deal with specific subjects, such as veterans claims and military matters.
So say they find you guilty in circuit court. (gasp!) No worries, it’s not over yet! Although you might worry a bit. You can appeal again, this time to the highest court in the land, as they say, the Supreme Court of the United States, who meet in the capital, Washington, D.C.. You’ve got to petition to them. Basically, suck up to them so they’ll hear your case. The fancy phrase for this is a writ of certiorari. Unfortunately for you, less than 1% of all appeals are actually heard by the Supreme Court. It’s made up of nine justices, again nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. No surprise here...they can serve for life...unless they misbehave, but who are we kidding here, no justice has ever been kicked out of the Supreme Court.
https://wn.com/The_American_Court_System_Explained
Are you under arrest? Know your rights. Mr. Beat explains the American judicial system with both criminal and civil cases and at the federal and state levels.
Check out Supreme Court Briefs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN
Have an idea for a video Mr. Beat should do? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat
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Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt
Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/
Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat/
A special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com
Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Thanks to my brother, Steven Beat, for helping me make this video! #apgov #law #government
Sources:
https://www.justice.gov/usao/justice-101/federal-courts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_courts_of_appeals
https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/supreme-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_court_(United_States)
https://theoutline.com/post/2066/most-criminal-cases-end-in-plea-bargains-not-trials?zd=1&zi=74vtiogh
https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/watchdog/2014/09/06/cost-death-penalty-defense-per-case/15207931/
https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/types-cases/civil-cases
https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/court-role-and-structure/comparing-federal-state-courts
https://today.law.harvard.edu/book-review/in-new-book-shugerman-explores-the-history-of-judicial-selection-in-the-u-s/
Photo/video credits:
Willjay
Shizzy9989
Phil Roeder
Videoplasty.com
AgnosticPreachersKid
Nydia Tisdale
Say you’re accused of breaking a federal law, or a statute, or a treaty, or anything in the U.S. Constitution really. First of all, woah. Second of all, you go straight to the federal court system. You start out in district courts, aka the general trial courts. There are 94 districts in the country. Some states, like my home state of Kansas, have just one district. Other states, like Texas, have four. Even some of the United States territories get district courts. Ah, that’s nice. Each district court has at least one judge, appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. They can serve for life...unless they misbehave, of course. One of the judges in my district, a dude named Sam Crow, has been a district court judge literally my entire life. He is 93 freaking years old. But he’s joined by 10 others. I should say that Crow would be considered a youngin’ compared to this guy. Wesley Brown, who died in 2012 at the age of 104, was actively hearing cases also in the District of Kansas up until a month before he died. He was the oldest person to serve as a federal judge in American history. Anyway, at the district level, there are also subject-specific courts, you know...courts that specialize in certain areas, like taxes, claims against the federal government, and international trade. Also, each district has its own bankruptcy court.
So say they find you guilty in district court. (gasp!) No worries, you can appeal to the circuit courts. Also called the U.S. courts of appeals, they mostly hear appeals from district courts in a designated area. Hey, could you please put up that map again? Uh, thank you. Yeah so I’d be appealing in District 10...no not that District 10. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Each circuit court has multiple judges, ranging from six in the First Circuit all the way to 29 in the Ninth Circuit. Again, all of them appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Again, they can serve for life...unless they misbehave. Some circuit courts also deal with specific subjects, such as veterans claims and military matters.
So say they find you guilty in circuit court. (gasp!) No worries, it’s not over yet! Although you might worry a bit. You can appeal again, this time to the highest court in the land, as they say, the Supreme Court of the United States, who meet in the capital, Washington, D.C.. You’ve got to petition to them. Basically, suck up to them so they’ll hear your case. The fancy phrase for this is a writ of certiorari. Unfortunately for you, less than 1% of all appeals are actually heard by the Supreme Court. It’s made up of nine justices, again nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. No surprise here...they can serve for life...unless they misbehave, but who are we kidding here, no justice has ever been kicked out of the Supreme Court.
- published: 17 May 2019
- views: 207546
1:19
Is It Legal? State and federal courts
What is the difference between state and federal courts? Is it legal to sue someone in whatever court you want?
What is the difference between state and federal courts? Is it legal to sue someone in whatever court you want?
https://wn.com/Is_It_Legal_State_And_Federal_Courts
What is the difference between state and federal courts? Is it legal to sue someone in whatever court you want?
- published: 01 Apr 2020
- views: 1207
7:37
The US Federal Court System: How do you JOIN the courts?
There are hundreds of people serving as judges in the Federal Court System, but how did they all get there? What's the process to becoming a federal judge – and...
There are hundreds of people serving as judges in the Federal Court System, but how did they all get there? What's the process to becoming a federal judge – and how can you affect who these people are?
This video was made in collaboration with the great folks at ForwardMT.
Check them out here: https://forwardmontanafoundation.org/
and here: https://www.facebook.com/forwardmontana/
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There are hundreds of people serving as judges in the Federal Court System, but how did they all get there? What's the process to becoming a federal judge – and how can you affect who these people are?
This video was made in collaboration with the great folks at ForwardMT.
Check them out here: https://forwardmontanafoundation.org/
and here: https://www.facebook.com/forwardmontana/
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- published: 01 Jun 2018
- views: 35388
6:56
Why Texas judges have so much power right now
Why is Texas so good at changing policy for the whole US?
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In April 2021, Texas sued the US government over immigration policy. But they didn’t sue in Texas’s state capital; or in Washington, DC; or in any of the five federal courthouses along Texas’s border with Mexico. They filed the suit in a small Texas city called Victoria, far from any important government officials or immigration centers. And they did it there because they knew that if they did, a judge named Drew Tipton would be assigned to their case.
In the time since Joe Biden has become president, Texas has sued the federal government 31 times. That’s a lot, but what’s more striking is that eight of those lawsuits have been heard by Judge Tipton specifically. The reason that’s weird is that, normally, judges are supposed to be assigned to cases randomly. But in Texas, you can choose your judge. It’s called “judge shopping” and it’s made Texas judges some of the most powerful in the country.
It’s not just the state of Texas filing suits. In 2022 a private group called the Alliance For Hippocratic Medicine filed a suit demanding that the FDA take mifepristone, a widely used abortion medication approved in 2000, off the market. And they filed the suit in Amarillo, Texas, where the judge Matthew Kacsmaryk hears 100 percent of the cases. Kacsmaryk had previously been a lawyer for right-wing causes before he was a judge, and he ruled accordingly, ordering that the FDA ban mifepristone throughout the US.
In the mifepristone case, the Supreme Court stepped in and paused the decision, but the fact that it got so close to being banned shows how empowered Texas federal judges are by the rules of Texas district courts. These judges, most of whom were appointed by Donald Trump, are playing a huge role in shaping national policy, and they’ve turned Texas into a powerful weapon against the federal government.
Sources/further reading:
The Federal Judicial Center keeps a phenomenal and really easy-to-use database of all US federal judges: https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/search/advanced-search
In 2022 Steve Vladeck filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court that outlines the issue of judge shopping really clearly: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22A17/230032/20220713161446965_22A17%20tsac%20Stephen%20I.%20Vladeck.pdf
This 2018 article by Alex Botoman dives into the issue of random case assignment and was an invaluable resource in understanding how federal district courts around the country assign cases, with or without the use of divisions: https://hrlr.law.columbia.edu/files/2018/07/AlexBotomanDivisionalJudg.pdf
Steve also writes a Substack about law and the Supreme Court, and in March wrote a great post about single-judge divisions: https://stevevladeck.substack.com/p/18-shopping-for-judges
And Steve's book about the Supreme Court comes out on May 16, 2023: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stephen-vladeck/the-shadow-docket/9781541602632/?lens=basic-books
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In April 2021, Texas sued the US government over immigration policy. But they didn’t sue in Texas’s state capital; or in Washington, DC; or in any of the five federal courthouses along Texas’s border with Mexico. They filed the suit in a small Texas city called Victoria, far from any important government officials or immigration centers. And they did it there because they knew that if they did, a judge named Drew Tipton would be assigned to their case.
In the time since Joe Biden has become president, Texas has sued the federal government 31 times. That’s a lot, but what’s more striking is that eight of those lawsuits have been heard by Judge Tipton specifically. The reason that’s weird is that, normally, judges are supposed to be assigned to cases randomly. But in Texas, you can choose your judge. It’s called “judge shopping” and it’s made Texas judges some of the most powerful in the country.
It’s not just the state of Texas filing suits. In 2022 a private group called the Alliance For Hippocratic Medicine filed a suit demanding that the FDA take mifepristone, a widely used abortion medication approved in 2000, off the market. And they filed the suit in Amarillo, Texas, where the judge Matthew Kacsmaryk hears 100 percent of the cases. Kacsmaryk had previously been a lawyer for right-wing causes before he was a judge, and he ruled accordingly, ordering that the FDA ban mifepristone throughout the US.
In the mifepristone case, the Supreme Court stepped in and paused the decision, but the fact that it got so close to being banned shows how empowered Texas federal judges are by the rules of Texas district courts. These judges, most of whom were appointed by Donald Trump, are playing a huge role in shaping national policy, and they’ve turned Texas into a powerful weapon against the federal government.
Sources/further reading:
The Federal Judicial Center keeps a phenomenal and really easy-to-use database of all US federal judges: https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/search/advanced-search
In 2022 Steve Vladeck filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court that outlines the issue of judge shopping really clearly: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22A17/230032/20220713161446965_22A17%20tsac%20Stephen%20I.%20Vladeck.pdf
This 2018 article by Alex Botoman dives into the issue of random case assignment and was an invaluable resource in understanding how federal district courts around the country assign cases, with or without the use of divisions: https://hrlr.law.columbia.edu/files/2018/07/AlexBotomanDivisionalJudg.pdf
Steve also writes a Substack about law and the Supreme Court, and in March wrote a great post about single-judge divisions: https://stevevladeck.substack.com/p/18-shopping-for-judges
And Steve's book about the Supreme Court comes out on May 16, 2023: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/stephen-vladeck/the-shadow-docket/9781541602632/?lens=basic-books
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