Prime Suspect wrote:
http://library.findlaw.com/1999/Jan/1/241457.htmlQuote:
Petitioning the United States Supreme Court for Certiorari: A Primer
Long Odds
Lawyer and client contemplating filing a petition for certiorari need to understand that obtaining Supreme Court review is a daunting task. According to the last Harvard Law Review round-up, over 7000 petitions for certiorari were filed during the 1994 Term of Court: 2151 in paid (i.e. , non-indigent) cases and 4,979 in in forma pauperis (IFP) cases. The Court granted review in 83 paid cases (3.9%) and 10 IFP cases (0.5%). It disposed of another 66 cases by summary affirmance or reversal or (most commonly) by simply vacating the judgment below and remanding for further proceedings in light of some intervening Supreme Court decision (a resolution referred to as a "GVR" — Grant, Vacate, and Remand). The tenure of Chief Justice Rehnquist has seen a sharp decline in the number of cases the Court hears on the merits. Only 90 cases were argued in the 1995 Term, compared to 167 in the 1987 Term and 116 in the 1992 Term.
Even these uninspiring numbers exaggerate the chance that the Court will grant a private party's petition. Many argued cases involve federal, state, or local government petitioners; government entities were parties in 31 of the cases heard during the 1994 Term. The United States, in particular, has an enviable record when it petitions for certiorari. Moreover, many cases on the argument docket involve criminal law issues. If you include habeas corpus cases, no fewer than 23 of 1994's argued cases lay on the criminal side of the docket. So if your case involves a business issue, the odds that the Court will show any interest are even longer.
What are the chances the USSC will hear this case on a political question?
Well, there we are back to the QUESTION of WHAT is the RIGHT Question to ask............
.....Marrio, ahhh...urrr.ummmm...ahhh, Mr.Appuzo fumes a bit when I bring up my reasoning of the 'citizenship question vs the political question' assuring me that his work product on 'standing' will survive the legal arguments.
The only hope I can find in the prospect of a 'direct collateral attack', i.e., 'the political question', of the '0s' eligibility working is if the SCOTUS "5" decide that Sosoyoyo and Kaka got to go.
Daydreaming again...............
I just pray that I can get my case as right as my analysis of the correct question being the "Citizenship Question'..........
'Do 'American Natural Born Citizens' as contemplated by the Constitution in A2S1C5 EXIST...?