SCOTUS updates oral argument rules to respect women

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This is pretty awesome...

www.cnn.com/2021/10/13/politics/sotomayor-oral-arguments/index.html

Justice Sonia Sotomayor told an audience Wednesday that recent changes in the format of oral arguments were instituted in part after studies emerged showing that female justices on the court were interrupted more by male justices and advocates.



Sotomayor said the studies, including one by researchers Tonja Jacoby and Dylan Schweers in 2017, have had an "enormous impact" and led to Chief Justice John Roberts being "much more sensitive" to ensuring that people were not interrupted or at least that he would play referee if needed.

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That they needed studies to prove what every woman has experienced.