The Supreme Court is Less Predictable Than You Think

The Supreme Court is Less Predictable Than You Think

I. The WheelLife is random and messy and full of coincidences. This can be beautiful, but also uncomfortable, which is one reason why many people cling to conspiracy theories, as a way to give order to the chaos around them. One example of that sort of randomness is the process by which federal judges receive their cases. Different courts do things differently, but in the federal district court here in D.C., the process is run by a computerized …