Constitutional Law around the globe: judicial review in the United States and the “writ of certiorari”

• Published in: Revista de Investigações Constitucionais Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 189 - 204
• Main Author: Diniz Araújo, Luiz Henrique
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 01-04-2020
• Subjects: access filters; controle judicial de constitucionalidade; direito constitucional; filtros de acesso; judicial review; LAW; rule 10; suprema corte dos estados unidos; supreme court; u.s. supreme court; writ of certiorari; judicial review; U.S. Supreme Court; Rule 10; writ of certiorari; filtros de acesso; access filters; controle judicial de constitucionalidade; Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos
• ISSN: 2359-5639; 2359-5639
• DOI: 10.5380/rinc.v7i1.73893

Abstract This paper exploring the writ of certiorari in the United States Constitutional Law is the second of the series “Constitutional Law Around the Globe”. This section of the series focuses on “Judicial Review and the Filters to Access Supreme and Constitutional Courts”. The first paper in the row, published in the year 2019, analyzed the Constitutionality Priority Question (Question Prioritaire de Constitutionnalité - QPC) in France. In this second paper, we analyze how the U.S. Supreme Court picks cases from thousands that reach it every year and the strategies that the Court adopts to filter these cases. The paper focuses specifically on Rule 10, the “writ of certiorari” and their operation in practice.