Which of the following best describes small-group analysis?
a. Because Supreme Court justices receive so many petitions for review each year, they must look for readily identifiable characteristics that trigger a positive response as they decide whether to grant certiorari.
b. Justices want to influence the judgments of their colleagues and to be on the winning side as often as possible.
c. Justices view cases primarily in terms of the broad political and socioeconomic issues they raise and they generally respond to these issues in accordance with their personal values and attitudes.
d. A good deal of interaction takes place among the justices from the time a case is first discussed in conference to the moment the final decision is rendered.
b. Justices want to influence the judgments of their colleagues and to be on the winning side as often as possible.
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