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Nine Scorpions in a Bottle
ByHU Guowei (USA)

Pub date: April 1, 2025

ISBN: 9787302679035

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632 p.p.

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The U.S. Supreme Court, composed of nine justices, has been likened to "nine scorpions in a bottle" - individuals who answer solely to the Constitution and the law, operating as independent and equal entities. The process of judicial decision-making unfolds within a complex institutional ecosystem: whether to grant certiorari, how to vote on cases, who drafts opinions... All these steps follow a robust framework of rules and procedures. Against this backdrop, the nine justices engage in intricate strategic interplay. In essence, nine scorpions share a single bottle, coexisting in a dynamic of collaboration and conflict. This book predominantly features highly contentious cases where rulings rarely offer black-and-white clarity, often residing in subjective gray areas. Only by scrutinizing full opinions word-for-word can one grasp that dissenting views frequently shine equally-and sometimes outshine-majority rationales.