The Changing Face of Supreme Court Oral Arguments [Deep Dive #2]

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Background

Perhaps more than any other Supreme Court tradition, oral arguments have gone through significant changes over the years. The Supreme Court is as old as the nation even though the first oral arguments were not held until the 1790’s. While presently it may feel like oral argument practice and procedure are relatively static. There have been man…