September 23, 2011 3:14PM 

# How Do You Get to the Supreme Court? 

By [Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro) 

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So you want to know how the case of *Good v. Evil* ends up at the Supreme Court, providing fodder for all us legal pundits to digest and expound upon? The [Institute for Justice](http://www.ij.org/) has come out with an entertaining video going through the basics of trial and appellate procedure—essentially a “How a Bill Becomes a Law” for the legal practice set.

It’s really the best way to procrastinate on a rainy Friday afternoon:

Look for the volume of the *Cato Supreme Court Review* that appears briefly as the narrator describes the various materials attorneys have to read to get a good grasp on their case.

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