Law clerks screen certiorari petitions and recommend whether the Court should grant review.

Evidence

Because the clerks are to assist the justices, each justice determines the tasks his clerks will perform. … However, most clerks share certain common tasks. The clerks assist their justice first of all in reviewing the petitions for certiorari, drafting memos that detail the issues and legal arguments in each case, and recommending whether certiorari should be granted. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1501

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the earlier material on the certiorari process and the Court’s agenda-setting power. — connects to: Supreme Court case review begins with a certiorari petition — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 904; Four votes are required to grant certiorari for Supreme Court review — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 911

Broader Connections

• Four votes are required to grant certiorari for Supreme Court review #expands (1.00) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 911