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cert pool

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A quick definition of cert pool:

A cert pool is a group of people who work for the U.S. Supreme Court. They read requests for the court to hear a case and write summaries for the judges. They also sometimes give their opinion on whether the court should hear the case or not. Some people think the cert pool is not very helpful because the people who work there are not very experienced and they sometimes spend too much time on unimportant cases.

A more thorough explanation:

A cert pool is a group of clerks who work in the U.S. Supreme Court. They read petitions for certiorari, which are requests for the Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision. The clerks then write a summary of the facts and issues in the case, and often make a recommendation to the justices about whether or not to grant certiorari.

For example, if someone wants the Supreme Court to review a case about a controversial law, they would file a petition for certiorari. The cert pool clerks would read the petition and write a summary of the case for the justices. They might also recommend that the justices grant certiorari if they think the case is important enough.

However, some people criticize the cert pool. They say that the clerks are inexperienced and might not give enough attention to important cases. Others say that the cert pool doesn't actually make the Supreme Court more efficient, because the clerks still have to spend time summarizing cases that the justices might not be interested in.

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JumpySubsequentDolphin
23:52
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it's like p much impossible to get in if you don't do it according to the deans lol
like i mean it's probs possible but. very rare
JumpySubsequentDolphin
23:52
SO WHY DO THEY CALL IT
JumpySubsequentDolphin
23:52
OPTIONAL
mind games
JumpySubsequentDolphin
23:52
WHY DO SCHOOLS DO THIS
JumpySubsequentDolphin
23:52
the illusion of chocoe
JumpySubsequentDolphin
23:52
chocoe
JumpySubsequentDolphin
23:52
choice
there's an infamous dude on reddit who literally got into every t14 like HYS but got WL at northwestern and he's like it's definitely because he didn't do the interview lol
and he had like 180 lol
JumpySubsequentDolphin
23:59
maybe YP?
Dkk
2:22
@jackfrost11770: "do the northwestern thing" ? very sad.
Dkk
2:23
@jackfrost11770: that'smy Army buddy who got rejected from NW.
Dkk
2:24
He did not have 180. 170.
Dkk
2:25
Northwestern is an Ohio trainwreck and the staff there should consider the gun,
4:18
^ HAHAHAHA
4:19
Jackfrost has a point though, a good way to stand out with your apps is to do as much "optional" stuff as possible, including the interview
4:20
This goes for NU's Kira as much as it does, for example, ASU's 1-minute "elevator pitch" video
Dkk
4:22
Indeed indeed @renard
Dkk
4:36
Man my butthole is on fire from that Carolina Reaper. 1:36 AM fire farts.
6:18
^is this satire? wtf this is really poorly written lmao
[] baddestbunny
9:49
when someone describes something as "classic LSAT Demon" I tend to assume that is code for "this thing sucks"
Dkk
10:29
I dont know.
Dkk
10:29
I dont know.
[] baddestbunny
10:30
Defining “postmodernism” is a daunting task. One commentator has likened it to “trying to nail gelatin to a wall.” Part of the difficulty is postmodernism’s heterogeneity. As Angela Harris has noted, “There are as many different definitions of postmodernism as there are postmodernists.”
Dkk
10:36
Indeed, indeed!
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