Embed Notice

The Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court has one clear tool with which to affect the outcome of Supreme Court cases: the CJ assigns opinions, meaning that he always selects the justice who will write for the majority. This much more than
a mere administrative role. The content of an opinion, its precise wording, the overall arguments it makes - these all shape the law as much as the narrow result affirming or rejecting a lower court judgment. 3/