Word: certiorari
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...junior court" does not come close to running the Supreme Court. Clerks have been known to help draft an opinion, and they serve the function of conveying what their old professors think (often not much) of their new bosses' thinking. But mostly they toil away at screening certiorari petitions (appeals for review), writing memos that sum up the issues, and doing the research that goes into well-honed opinions...