Archive for December 19th, 2008
Footnotes in Supreme Court Opinions
0 Comments Published by Kedar December 19th, 2008 in Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Constitutional Law, Court Procedure, David Souter, John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, Stephen Breyer, Supreme CourtThe use footnotes has been a topic of quiet conversation around the judiciary for some time now. One group of Judges and practitioners (and an even larger percentage of students) find them to be burdensome and often unnecessary. Others think they serve as useful guides and make opinions more readable. Footnotes largely come in two [...]
