Earlier today, I wrote about the allegations in the Tom Goldstein indictment. Here, I will compare some of the dates in the indictment with the dates of Tom Goldstein's oral arguments before the Supreme Court. Of course, the allegations in an indictment are just that--allegations. Throughout this post, I will assume the government's claims are correct, but all of these allegations would need to be proven in Court.
The indictment concerns Goldstein's conduct between 2016 and 2021. During that period, according to Oyez, he argued seven cases before the Supreme Court. This represents a drop-off in the number of oral arguments from earlier in his career. He had consistently argued multiple cases per term: 4 in 2003, 3 in 2004, 2 in 2005, 3 in 2008, 2 in 2011, 3 in 2012, 2 in 2013, 4 in 2014, and 3 in 2015.
In April 2017, Goldstein had two arguments in the span of eight days.
