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Re:Sotomayor writes 9-0 opinion supporting NRA in First Amen... by rootusrootus on Thursday May 30, 2024 @04:36PM (#40528354)
I'm under the impression that lopsided decisions are actually the more common outcome in cases before the supreme court. That it's the ideologically divided ones that are outliers, even if they garner most of the media attention. Is that incorrect?
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Re:Sotomayor writes 9-0 opinion supporting NRA in First Amen... by delichon on Thursday May 30, 2024 @04:43PM (#40528471)
> The justices have been unanimous in the judgment in 20 of the 29 cases decided thus far

But it's expected that they wrote the easier opinions first and the remaining 30+ cases will be more contentious.

https://reason.com/volokh/2024/05/30/supreme-court-ot2022-at...

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Re:Sotomayor writes 9-0 opinion supporting NRA in First Amen... by hn_throwaway_99 on Thursday May 30, 2024 @04:40PM (#40528424)
That's basically correct, but the percentage of unanimous decisions has been on a downward trend:

https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/freque...

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Re:Sotomayor writes 9-0 opinion supporting NRA in First Amen... by rootusrootus on Thursday May 30, 2024 @06:21PM (#40529401)
Thank you for sharing that graph; it seems quite descriptive, knowing what we do about the ideological makeup of the court. That jump in 6-3 rulings stands out.
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