“When they come out of oral argument… they take a vote at a secret meeting… if the chief justice is in the majority, he gets to assign the opinion.”

Supreme Court clerk, speaker · Bloomberg Law · Tensions Rise at Golf Course Hearing & SCOTUS Criminal Cases

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describes the internal conference vote process: after oral argument justices meet in secret, vote, then chief justice assigns opinion if in majority

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