DENIED: This is How Many (Paid) Petitions Were Denied Today

Your blogger helped discard the Reuters copies of the SCOTUS petitions that piled up over the summer and were rejected by the court this morning, the court’s first day back in session. Before carting them to the clerk’s office, he took this photo to illustrate the amount of paperwork involved. These are just the paid petitions. Think of all those billable hours….