> just filing amicus briefs, which is almost never considered newsworthy While the title is rather misleading and I'd encourage the mods to change it, it's qui

> just filing amicus briefs, which is almost never considered newsworthy While the title is rather misleading and I'd encourage the mods to change it, it's quite common for amicus briefs by groups (or, occasionally, individuals, though most relevant briefs are written by companies) known to HN to be on the front page. When the EFF or ACLU files amicus briefs on topics like the TPP or privacy-related cases, they commonly hit the top 10. Binding arbitration is a common topic on HN, so it makes perfect sense to me that an amicus brief on a SCOTUS case about binding arbitration would be newsworthy.