This page addresses some of the questions about orders and opinion announcements that we have commonly received during our live blogs. ORDERS Question: What do you mean by orders? Question: What do you mean by certiorari? Question: What is a CVSG? Question: What does it mean to relist a case? Question: What does it mean to reschedule a case? OPINIONS Question: What opinions will the court issue on a given day? Question: What’s the last day the court will issue opinions? Question: If a case is not decided by the end of the term, will it be reargued? Question: What are per curiam opinions? Question: How are the opinions released? Are the justices in the courtroom? Question: How does the court decide the order in which opinions will be released on a given day? Question: What is the significance of “R” numbers? Question: Who decides which justice will write which opinion? Question: Do the justices ever change their votes while the opinions are being drafted? Question: Does the court notify the lawyers in advance when it is going to issue an opinion in their cases? Question: How can I find out when the next opinion day will be? |