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Most decisions are actually not split. It's just that the controversial ones get all the press. No one is gonna get fired up about 9-0 or 8-1 decisions.
by bcrosby95 4y ago
Most decisions are actually not split. It's just that the controversial ones get all the press. No one is gonna get fired up about 9-0 or 8-1 decisions.
- panda-giddiness 4y agoThis is incorrect – most cases are split. The most common outcome is 9-0 (about a third of cases), but the second most common split is 5-4. This shouldn't be surprising – controversial cases are more likely to end up before the Supreme Court than mundane ones. [1] http://supremecourtdatabase.org/analysisFrequencies.php?sid=2101-PUSHPIN-1035#mid http://supremecourtdatabase.org/analysisFrequencies.php?sid=...