Hmmm...
Usually the RATS have enough spies on the Court they have a rough idea what the vote is going to be and who’s arm to twist.
If its going to be a blowout, it never sees the Court.
Something has changed
Or they let these obvious procedural ones through to give the appearance of justice being served.
since 2000 a unanimous decision has been more likely than any other result — averaging 36 percent of all decisions. Even when the court did not reach a unanimous judgment, the justices often secured overwhelming majorities, with 7-to-2 or 8-to-1 judgments making up roughly 15 percent of decisions. The 5-to-4 decisions, by comparison, occurred in only 19 percent of cases.