[EnquiringMind]

That's because the media reported the story as if it were a "Republican" decision, and allowed let the viewers to assume it was Republican. Not once did we hear a breakdown of the vote.

[TKDietz]

It is important to note that three of the five who voted in the majority on this decision were nominated by Republican presidents. It's also important to note that all four of those who voted against it were nominated by Republicans. Since only two sitting Justices were nominated by Democrats I guess you could twist things and say that all Supreme Court decisions are "Republican decisions" because there will always have to be more Justices appointed by Republicans in the majority than those nominated by Democrats.