The way a case makes it to the Supreme Court is captured in this informative Vox video. The video describes the process of how a case makes its way through the windy halls of Justice and lower courts to the Supreme Court.  The video describes several keys points that help a case stand out among the 8000 plus cases submitted each year.  They are the Writ of the Certiorari, the goal/purpose of the Supreme Court, the Rule of four, case selection process and gives some historic cases as examples. Click for some great reads on this and more.

 

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