"Inquiring Minds Want to Know: Do Justices Tip Their Hands with Questio" by Timothy R. Johnson, Ryan C. Black et al.

Article Title

Inquiring Minds Want to Know: Do Justices Tip Their Hands with Questions at Oral Argument in the U.S. Supreme Court?

Authors

Timothy R. Johnson, University of Minnesota Law SchoolFollow
Ryan C. Black, Washington University in St. Louis
Jerry Goldman, Northwestern University
Sarah A. Treul, University of Minnesota

Publication Title

Washington University Journal of Law & Policy

Abstract

Part I of this Essay focuses on what Justices and scholars have written and said about oral arguments generally and the role these proceedings play in the Court’s decision-making process. Part II examines the few existing studies that address the question posed here. Part III lays out the data used to test this hypothesis; Part IV presents the methodology; and Part V discusses the results.

Recommended Citation

Timothy R. Johnson, Ryan C. Black, Jerry Goldman, and Sarah A. Treul, Inquiring Minds Want to Know: Do Justices Tip Their Hands with Questions at Oral Argument in the U.S. Supreme Court?, 29 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol’y 241 (2009),
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_journal_law_policy/vol29/iss1/9

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