the warren court was famous, like in brown versus board of education, for having social science data in its footnotes. is the present court less receptive to data in this respect? one might think of the argument over the use of comparative or international law data, which has been somewhat controversial. sixth, what are the methodological debates? justices into debates about textualism, regionalism, and questions of that kind. seventh, " trend, if any, would you care to remark on from the beginning to the present time of the roberts court? are we able to paint any kind of picture of this particular court? i mentioned to the declining dockets. he was not here to speculate on how cases appear to be decided on merits. number nine, what i call avoidance techniques. there are ways the justices have -- that courts in general have of simply deflecting a case before it reaches the marriage. having decided to tear it, having it go off on grounds like standing or mootness, the sort of thing laid public does not have much concern about lawyers and judges, and are those devices bei