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V procesu priprave sprememb Ustave Republike Slovenije v letih 2008–2011 se je kot primerjalni argument za predlagano uvedbo diskrecijskega sistema izbire ustavnih pritožb in pobud za oceno ustavnosti najpogosteje pojavil mehanizem s pravnim sredstvom writ of certiorari, kot je uveljavljen na Vrhovnem sodišču Združenih držav Amerike. Namen članka je prikazati delovanje tega mehanizma, pri čemer je očrtano notranje postopanje sodišča s prispelimi vlogami, nekatere procesne rešitve, ki zaokrožujejo sistem diskrecijske izbire, ter preudarki, ki dejansko vodijo Vrhovno sodišče ZDA pri odločanju o tem, s katerimi primeri bo napolnilo svojo agendo. Članek se sklene s premislekom o določenih predstavljenih elementih sistema certiorari z vidika morebitnega prenosa tega sistema v postopkovno ureditev Ustavnega sodišča Republike Slovenije.

The most important comparative argument present in the discussions regarding the possible constitutional reform in Slovenia (2008–2011) that would provide the Slovenian Constitutional Court with discretionary power to select (some of the) cases that it would hear was the model of writ of certiorari from the United States Supreme Court. This text aims to present to the reader the functioning of this system. It describes the path of the petition when it enters the Supreme Court and some procedural solutions that have evolved in the US Supreme Court certiorari system. In addition to that, the article presents a short description of the Justices' considerations in case selection. To conclude, the article offers reflection on some of the presented elements of the certiorari system in light of the discussed transplantation of this model into the procedural setting of the Slovenian Constitutional Court.