Matt LeMieux

02 July 2013

New Rule: You Must Be a Lawyer to Argue a Case in the Supreme Court

This seems like stating the obvious, but up until recently, there was nothing prohibiting non-lawyers from arguing cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. While this hasn't happened in over 30 years, technically non-lawyers could argue cases brought on their own behalf before the Court. Until now. The AP has more.