Thread by @JMHendersonSr

BREAKING NEWS: Sidney Powell's Michigan Case Now on #SCOTUS docket.

UMMMMMMM, Not Really Breaking News.

Every year, between 7 and 10 thousand petitions seeking review by the Justices of the Supreme Court are filed. The vast bulk of those petitions are prisoner cases.

About 3 thousand, "private paid" cases are filed by attorneys working for paying clients.

Out of the nearly 10,000 requests each year, #SCOTUS usually takes between 70 and 90 cases for full briefing and argument, or fewer than 5-6% of requests.

So, what makes a case more likely to garner the interest of enough justices to earn a grant, full briefing, and argument?

After all, everyone caught up in the pitched battle of litigation thinks that no other case is so critical, so uniquely tied to justice as the right outcome in their case.

Remember, the principal role of the Supreme Court in the administration of justice in America is at least two-fold:

First, #SCOTUS fills the role of the highest judicial tribunal in the United States; its decisions about the meaning and application of the United States Constitution and federal laws is presumptively binding throughout the federal and state judiciaries.

Second, #SCOTUS unifies and corrects lower court decisions to do so, the interpretation and application of the US Constitution and federal laws by the courts responsible for the decisions taken up for review by #SCOTUS.

That second consideration, the unification of and the correction of lower court decisions, is one of the overwhelming confluences resulting in the grant of review.

#SCOTUS also advises, in its Rules, that cases that conflict with the Supreme Court's existing cases are high-value targets for review by the Court. Finally, #SCOTUS's Rules advise that cases of great public importance are also high-value targets for review.

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