Archive for March, 2011

Rate of 5-4 Majority Opinion Authorship

0 Comments Published by March 28th, 2011 in Statistics, Supreme Court

As a general matter, the Justices that tend to carry the greatest ideological authority on the Supreme Court should be the ones authoring the greatest number of 5-4 opinions. Drafting those opinions shows that the senior justice in the majority either trusts the author to hold a majority or believes the author may only remain [...]

Chief Justice Roberts and Unanimous Decisions

2 Comments Published by March 24th, 2011 in John Roberts, Statistics, Supreme Court

When he was nominated to the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Roberts mentioned that one of his main objectives as chief justice would be to create more consensus on the Court and to forge a greater number of unanimous decisions. Lets see how successful he’s been after five years. I considered October Terms 1995 – 2009. [...]



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  • Renaissance of election law in recent years at the SCOTUS. I've enjoyed watching, but it has to say something about the Court's modern role. 1 day ago
  • @espinsegall She argued a position for her client. No different than the dozens of cases Roberts argued (he has even cited a few of them). 2 days ago
  • @JessBravin the hallmark of good journalism is killer puns. 5 days ago
  • My last tweet assumes, arguendo, that you've all seen the @SCOTUSblog/@bloomberglaw ACA case briefing http://t.co/HiTQkcQW 5 days ago
  • I made the same joke that Denniston made about Clement not arguing in Gibbons. Law students didn't laugh; but room of SCOTUS reporters did. 5 days ago

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