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Article: First argument impressions of the Supreme Court. (First Arguments at the Supreme Court of the United States)
- Article from:
- Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
- Article date:
- March 22, 2003
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For a lawyer who only occasionally argues an appeal the most disconcerting thing about the Supreme Court is that it is truly a court of last instance: It cannot be reversed on appeal. I never realized before my first appearance at the Supreme Court just how comforting it is in day-to-day litigation to know that, although I always want to win on every issue, there is someplace to seek a better result if things don't go my way. It had never occurred to me that I relied on this premise, but when I got to the Supreme Court, its absence loomed large. This was a sobering experience, especially at the end of a road that had until then been very successful.
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