What happens during the writing of a Supreme Court opinion?
Multiple choice question.
The justice writing the opinion separates from the other justices to avoid being influenced by them.
Each justice writes an opinion and then a law clerk is assigned to merge them in preparing the final document.
The justice assigned to write the opinion will continue to speak with the other justices while preparing the opinion.
The chief justice always writes the opinion, as the official voice of the Court.
1 answer
A. The justice writing the opinion separates from the other justices to avoid being influenced by them.