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Re:Democrats to introduce legislation to expand Supreme Court by minikites on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:53AM (#26820527)
Why? Justices recuse themselves in some cases, so ties are already possible. I believe the lower court ruling is upheld in those cases.
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Re:Democrats to introduce legislation to expand Supreme Court by waterheater on Thursday April 15, 2021 @10:36AM (#26821036)
They recuse in some cases but not most. Given that all Justices are expected but not guaranteed to vote in cases, it makes the most sense to have an odd number to minimize the cases of ties.
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Re:Democrats to introduce legislation to expand Supreme Court by minikites on Thursday April 15, 2021 @10:05PM (#26828546)
Assuming the case is close enough that a tie is plausible. There are plenty of 9-0 and 7-2 decisions: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/0...

>The 5-to-4 decisions, by comparison, occurred in 19 percent of cases.

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