Briefs too long

It's the one thing all of the Supreme Court justices agree on -- briefs are too long. Bryan A. Garner has published the transcripts of his interviews with eight of the nine justices (Justice Souter did not participate). Garner has put the videos of the interviews on his website for several years as a public service. This New York Times article by Adam Liptak is a nice summary of some the justices' thoughts on legal writing.