Since 2011, there has been “an explosion” of amicus briefs at the Supreme Court, according to Arnold & Porter’s Anthony Franze and R. Reeves Anderson, who study the issue and recently wrote an article examining the decade-long trend. Franze and Anderson join SCOTUStalk host Amy Howe for a look at how amicus briefs have evolved. They examine what type of amicus brief is likely to influence the court, how the justices interact with the briefs and, most importantly, how to correctly pronounce “amicus.”

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Recommended Citation: SCOTUStalk , A decade-long surge in amicus briefs, SCOTUSblog (Dec. 21, 2020, 3:44 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/12/a-decade-long-surge-in-amicus-briefs/