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There’s no “half”. While the current court has a conservative majority the rulings only fall sharply along those lines around 10% of the time https://www.politi
by jahewson 2y ago
There’s no “half”. While the current court has a conservative majority the rulings only fall sharply along those lines around 10% of the time https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/06/02/supreme-court-justice-math-00152188 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/06/02/supreme-co...
- sowbug 2y agoI would expect public votes -- Congress, Supreme Court, etc. -- to frequently cluster around 50%-plus-one. The internal lobbying and horse trading can stop after the winning viewpoint has its majority of votes, so the minority viewpoint voters go on record with their original viewpoint.