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When the U.S. Supreme Court decides a case almost all of the decision making process takes place in secret. In fact, unlike Congress and the president, citizens see very little of our nation's highest court. Most secretive are the conference discussions that take place for each case. Specifically, in these meetings the justices privately discuss cases and cast initial votes. Unfortunately, the only records kept during these meetings are the justices' handwritten notes not available to the public until they leave the Court and decide to open their archives to the public. This project asks volunteers to transcribe these notes in an effort to better understand how law and legal policy are made by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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