"In a lengthy five-page, single-spaced letter, typed on legal-size paper, which he sent to Harry along with the draft, George made an unusual suggestion. He suggested that Harry consider circulating this new draft before it was cite-checked by a clerk. Cite-checking it detailed fact-checking to ensure that a judicial decision is sound. Why would a junior law clerk suggest circulating a draft that hadnât been cite-checked? George was eager for Harry to circulate his draft before oral arguments were reheard in October-for three reasons: He wrote that circulating the revised draft before oral argument would ânail down [Blackmunâs] keeping the assignment,â âshould influence questions and thinking at oral argument,â and âmight well influence voting.â Though George stated he would not recommend delayed cite-checking âas standard operating procedure,â he thought that in this particular case the benefits strongly outweighed the disadvantages."
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