2024
DOI: 10.1007/s11133-024-09563-z
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Hyping the Hypothetical: Talk and Temporality in US Supreme Court Oral Arguments

David R. Gibson

Abstract: The US Supreme Court conducts much of its business through talk, including during oral arguments, where a central activity is the consideration of hypotheticals posed by justices. Using conversation analysis, I examine a key segment of the oral arguments for Citizens United v. FEC, one that arguably changed the course of campaign finance history. I identify the conversational devices employed to advance and contest one particular hypothetical, involving an imagined ban on books, subject to a speech-exchange sy… Show more

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