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Each justices hires four law clerks per Term to assist in managing the Court's caseload.
Supreme Court Law Clerk Duties
- Reviews petitions for certiorari
- Drafts merits opinions
- Reviews parties' briefs
- Checks lower court records for errors
- Checks facts
- Conducts legal research
- Assists with drafting opinions
- Prepares bench memoranda
- Prepares for oral argument
- Check citations
- Proofreads
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How many law clerks are the US Supreme Court justices allowed to hire?
Active justices may hire four law clerks each; retired justices are entitled to one law clerk.
What are US Supreme Court justices' legal assistants called?
US Supreme Court justices hire law clerks to assist with their responsibilities.The Chief Justice and Associate Justices each have four Law Clerks, usually recent law school graduates with law review or moot court experience who have passed the bar. Law clerks assist in summarizing cases of parties' that have petitioned the Court for a Writ of Certiorari, among other things. They also have unpaid interns, who are law school students, or college graduates contemplating law school. As with any other Court, there are legal secretaries, clerks and other behind-the-scenes staff to help with administrative tasks.
Can congressional nullification overturn the ruling of the supreme court?
No the Congress can not nullify a ruling of the Supreme Court. The Congress would have to rewrite the law which the Supreme Court had declared unconstitutional. Then the new law could overrule the Supreme Court IF the new law was declared constitutional if/when appealed.
After a law is passed if it is in conflict with the Constitution it can be made void by what?
Its by the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court decision in the case Marbury v. Madison is important because?
It allowed the Supreme Court to overrule an unconstitutional law.
