SCCOTUS Act

The SCCOTUS Act creates a new Supreme Court Certification Panel composed of 13 randomly selected federal circuit judges to review and decide on petitions for writs of certiorari. This body would determine whether cases are granted review based on specific criteria, such as conflicts between different courts or questions of major federal importance, and would issue written explanations for grants while denying cases without detailed reasons. Once the Panel grants a petition, the case is automatically treated as if the Supreme Court itself had granted it, effectively shifting the initial gatekeeping function from the nine Supreme Court justices to this larger panel of appellate judges.