Second Place Setback?

 

Bloomberg Law has US Supreme Court Argument Order Gives Unlucky Lawyers Less Time

• this term’s proceedings in the first case on a two-case day were routinely longer than those in the second.
• The format the justices adopted after the pandemic stretched arguments to new lengths, but this term’s proceedings in the first case on a two-case day were routinely longer than those in the second.
• When the first case of the day ran over the allotted time for arguments, it did so by nearly 34 minutes on average, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis. That’s compared to roughly 11 minutes, which is how much extra time the second case stretched for over the allotted time on average.

NLJ has Who Was at the Lectern This Supreme Court Term? -- If it weren’t for the four female justices, oral arguments would often have the feel of a male echo chamber, with 23 of the term’s 61 argued cases not featuring a single female attorney. That’s compared to just five cases that did not feature a male advocate.