Think tanks shape Supreme Court dockets

The podcast emphasizes that the Manhattan Institute and similar organizations strategically file amicus briefs at the cert (case‑acceptance) stage and claim higher success in getting cases heard. That amplifies how outside groups — not just litigants or governments — influence which legal questions the Court decides. — If think tanks can reliably influence which cases the Supreme Court takes, they effectively shape the legal issues that become national precedents and policy levers.