ABSTRACT
The nature of contemporary Supreme Court litigation is not only in marked contrast with that which was before the Court in earlier periods; it differs essentially from the stuff of issues which are the preoccupation of the supreme courts of the states. The Act of 1925 has cut the Supreme Court's jurisdiction to the bone. A still wider use of certiorari has been suggested, whereby all cases from the state courts and the circuit courts of appeals could be reviewed only at the Supreme Court's discretion. The opinion has been ventured that a re-examination of the present scope of federal litigation is called for with a view to shutting off at its sources business that eventually reaches the Supreme Court. Since the Court's business is rooted in judgment on materials outside of technical law books, the technique for assuring itself an adequate knowledge and understanding of such data assumes a primary role in the Court's work.
