how many jane and john does do you think read u.s. supreme court cases they find on google? i know there are more jane and john does than attorneys, but it seems that the relevant number is the number who google u.s. supreme court cases and read them.
in your circle of friends, how many of them google and read u.s. supreme court opinions. of that group, how many then check to see if the opinion has been cited, and read those citing cases?
do the jane and john does you know do that in any meaningful numbers?
that's a question, and not meant as an argument.
I cannot of course answer that question with any specificity. I do know there were at the very least, hundreds who were looking up SCOTUS law in the fall of 2008 after Leo Donofrio discovered Chester Arthur’s father was not a Naturalized Citizen until 14 years after Chester’s Birth. Leo was the first I knew of who was looking into Minor v Happersett. I looked, I could not find anything on it. I gave up thinking it was irrelevant, and being more or less ignorant of just how smart Leo was. There were more than a few. It is impossible to say.