Sotomayor nomination

Beestie · 05-29-2009, 12:18 PM

A 50% reversal rate is normal so its not a stretch to say 40% - 60% is within reasonable expectations and not cause for alarm.

Recall that only appealed cases can be overturned so its already a skewed sample set.

A more informative figure would be # of reversals to total number of rulings.

And even that would be a little misleading because many reversals result from appeals where the defense realizes they screwed up and do a better job the 2nd time.

05-29-2009, 12:18 PM	#36
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	A 50% reversal rate is normal so its not a stretch to say 40% - 60% is within reasonable expectations and not cause for alarm. Recall that only appealed cases can be overturned so its already a skewed sample set. A more informative figure would be # of reversals to total number of rulings. And even that would be a little misleading because many reversals result from appeals where the defense realizes they screwed up and do a better job the 2nd time. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

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