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https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/06/unanimous-supreme-court-decisions-are-more-common-you-think/

…But even in a more typical term, approximately 80 percent of votes are in support of the majority opinion, and only about 20 percent of cases are determined narrowly. The 5–4 cases that get national attention are in fact somewhat anomalous…


78 posted on 10/22/2022 9:54:04 AM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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…But even in a more typical term, approximately 80 percent of votes are in support of the majority opinion, and only about 20 percent of cases are determined narrowly. The 5–4 cases that get national attention are in fact somewhat anomalous…

Quite true. The media pretend otherwise, but if you look at all cases heard over a term, it's obvious that they agree on expanding the police state more than not.

88 posted on 10/22/2022 12:34:12 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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