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MORE DEFINTIONS OF DIG
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1. The petition does not state facts sufficient to authorize the issuance of the writ, in that it does not describe with sufficient certainty the decisions or determination sought to be reviewed nor does it assign or specify the errors that it has sought to have corrected
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MORE DEFINITIONS OF DIG
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sometimes after granting cert the Court will discover that it should never have granted cert. Oftentimes the Court will discover a jurisdictional defect in the case. Reportedly it is something of a badge of shame for a Supreme Court Clerk to have a case he or she reccomended be digged.
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MORE DEFINTIONS OF DIG(same)
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The Court granted a petition for writ of cert and later realized that should not have granted cert usually because of a jurisdictional defect. In other words "Hey we screwed up. We don't have jurisdiction to hear the case. Go away." Nike Inc. v. Kasky Crime and Federalism Dictionary of SC Terms
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MORE DEFINTIONS OF DIG(same)
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" We screwed up. The case is not one we feel like taking after all." Crime and Federalism Dictionary of SC Terms
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History of DIG
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At every turn the Supreme Court had acted to maximize its institutional independence from Congress,litigants and other courts
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