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>Also, the rash of 5-4 decisions in the supreme court lately bothers me. I believe this is actually the first 5-4 decision in the current term, which has been
by smackfu 13y ago
>Also, the rash of 5-4 decisions in the supreme court lately bothers me.
I believe this is actually the first 5-4 decision in the current term, which has been going since October:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_term_opinions_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_term_opinions_of_the_Supre...
There have been a lot of 9-0 decisions, and several 6-3.
- cobrausn 13y agoGood to hear. I must have imprinted that opinion from some scaremongering headlines earlier. Doing a search for 'Supreme Court 5 4' or similar yields a lot of spin.
- mason240 13y agoI'm guessing that 5-4 decisions tend to be more polarizing to the public as well, generating more news, while 9-0 decisions The more controversial tend to be more mundane, generating little attention.
- smackfu 13y agoAnd a lot of Supreme Court decisions don't even make the news, because they are deciding small bits of law that don't affect many people. Like the other case decided today was about whether an airline could terminate someone's membership in a frequent flyer program. The law was unclear, so the SCOTUS ruled on it, but it's not something that means anything to most people.