Also, the rash of 5-4 decisions in the supreme court lately bothers me. Was there ever a time where the supreme court was this polarized? I don't think it's pa

Also, the rash of 5-4 decisions in the supreme court lately bothers me. Was there ever a time where the supreme court was this polarized? I don't think it's particularly polarized. If Antonin Scalia is your benchmark for a "polarizing" figure, the # of 5-4 cases where he was in the majority appear to have been trending downward: http://scdb.wustl.edu/analysisOverview.php?sid=1301-TICTAC-7244 http://scdb.wustl.edu/analysisOverview.php?sid=1301-TICTAC-7...