Supreme Court Oral Argument in the Time of COVID

• In Event: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Judicial Politics

Brief Overview

We assess the Supreme Court’s experiment in hearing telephonic oral arguments during the COVID-19 pandemic. We compare the telephonic hearings to those heard in-person and examine whether the change in forum altered the dynamics of these proceedings.

Authors

• Tonja Jacobi, Northwestern University

• Timothy Johnson, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

• Eve M. Ringsmuth, Oklahoma State University-Main Campus

• Matthew Sag