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Certiorari. When lawyers want the Supreme Court to consider a case, they ask the judges to grant a writ of certiorari, or “grant cert,” as lawyers say. The high court rejects the vast majority of the appeals it receives, so the first, difficult step of the process is getting the justices to even agree to hear the case. Smith asked the Supreme Court last week to grant a writ of certiorari on Trump’s claims of presidential immunity and double jeopardy.

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