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Friday, August 16, 2024

Changing the Assignment Power

Suppose Congress enacted a law that removed the Chief Justice's assignment power and said something like: "Each opinion for the Court shall be assigned randomly to a member of the majority." Would that be constitutional? The Chief Justice's assignment power is, of course, just a custom that has evolved over time. 

Posted by Gerard Magliocca on August 16, 2024 at 09:13 AM | Permalink

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