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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/06/28/those-5-4-decisions-on-the-supreme-court-9-0-is-far-more-common/?utm_term=.6efc49b027e0 https:/
by hackeraccount 7y ago
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/06/28/those-5-4-decisions-on-the-supreme-court-9-0-is-far-more-common/?utm_term=.6efc49b027e0 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/0...
"since 2000 a unanimous decision has been more likely than any other result — averaging 36 percent of all decisions. Even when the court did not reach a unanimous judgment, the justices often secured overwhelming majorities, with 7-to-2 or 8-to-1 judgments making up about 15 percent of decisions. The 5-to-4 decisions, by comparison, occurred in 19 percent of cases"
- enitihas 7y agoI am not saying 5-4 is the most likely result, just that even 19% of decisions being 5-4 is huge.
- brlewis 7y agoI don't think that's huge, considering that questions with clear-cut answers shouldn't make it to the Supreme Court.
- tomatotomato37 7y agoThere's only 5 combinations of yes/no votes you can get with 9 indistinct entities, so 20% isn't unusual at all
- jakelazaroff 7y agoTrue, although if you consider each entity distinct there are 512 combinations and the one split along partisan lines is probably vastly overrepresented among other 5-4 possibilities.