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[kermit]

I'd need a chart of cases where SCOTUS took on the case and then overruled the lower courts, and there would need to be quite a majority before I would believe that they only take cases where they're going to overrule the courts.

If you can give me that, great. If not, it's still your opinion.

Washington Times: Supremes Uphold Sotomayor Opinions at Above-Average Rate | FiveThirtyEight

...the Supreme Court typically reverses about 75 percent of circuit court decisions that it chooses to rule upon.

The reason that the reversal rate is so high, of course, is that the Supreme Court has a lot of discretion about which cases it chooses to review and rule upon, and is generally not going to be inclined to overturn law dictated by a lower court unless the legal reasoning is substantially questionable and has a strong chance of reversal.

Clearly they are choosing cases which they are likely to reverse.

 

[PreachersWife2004]

Washington Times: Supremes Uphold Sotomayor Opinions at Above-Average Rate | FiveThirtyEight

Clearly they are choosing cases which they are likely to reverse.

Clearly? Hardy clear from one article that reads more like an op-ed.

I think is probably more accurate:

How do they choose their cases? Generally, the Court considers only cases that have far-reaching implications beyond the two parties involved in the dispute. For example, a case in which a student sues an assistant principal for searching a locker may shape the privacy rights of all students in public schools. The court also tends to hear cases in which two lower courts have reached conflicting decisions. And it tends to look closely at lower court decisions that contradict earlier Supreme Court decisions.

The Supreme Court: What Does It Do? [ushistory.org]
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I looked at their docket. There's nothing there that suggests that they picked these cases because they were likely to reverse them.