As they enter their second term, the Supreme Court's two newest justices have decided to stick with the Court's clerk-pooling arrangement, despite concerns that it gives law clerks too much power. Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. said in an interview that he will participate in the "cert pool" on a "year-to-year basis," and Justice Samuel Alito Jr. said the same; both indicated they are still weighing the issues. Since 1991, Justice John Paul Stevens has been the only justice outside the pool.
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Roberts and Alito Stay in the Cert Pool
Legal Times
September 26, 2006
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