Supreme Court takes on many politically divisive cases
Supreme Court takes on many politically divisive cases
(The Hill) — On Fridays at the Supreme Court, justices gather behind closed doors to discuss the petitions for appeal filed from across the country. Roughly 98 percent of the time, the justices deny an appeal, a result which leaves intact the decision of a lower court and consigns the unsuccessful petition to the trash heap.
For the slim fraction of cases the court does hear each term, however,…