Protect And Defend
“The effect was ascetic and austere: in the harsh lighting from recessed cans, the eleven judges sat around a long walnut oval, resembling, but for the presence of two women, a conclave of monastics. Their expressions were as grave: all of them must guess, as Caroline did, that the court was closely divided, each vote potentially fateful.
The process was fixed by long tradition. The judges would speak in order of their arrival on the court, from the most junior to the highest in seniority, with ...the chief judge speaking last. The result of these exchanges was a preliminary vote which, if it held, entitled the senior judge in the majority to write a draft opinion, or assign the opinion to another who concurred. The author of the opinion would circulate the draft for review and, should it still command a majority, the court would issue it as written or as modified. The author’s name appeared beneath the caption; as with most judges, Caroline took great pride in the cogency of her writings, the body of decisions which reflected her life in the law.MoreLess
The process was fixed by long tradition. The judges would speak in order of their arrival on the court, from the most junior to the highest in seniority, with ...the chief judge speaking last. The result of these exchanges was a preliminary vote which, if it held, entitled the senior judge in the majority to write a draft opinion, or assign the opinion to another who concurred. The author of the opinion would circulate the draft for review and, should it still command a majority, the court would issue it as written or as modified. The author’s name appeared beneath the caption; as with most judges, Caroline took great pride in the cogency of her writings, the body of decisions which reflected her life in the law.MoreLess
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