"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." Samuel Adams

Thursday, September 12, 2019

For what it's worth


Agreement on SCOTUS decisions by justices appointed by the same president:

Bush II -- Roberts and Alito agree in 90% of decisions.

Obama -- Sotomayor and Kagan agree in 96% of decisions.

Trump -- Gorsuch and Kavanaugh agree on 70% of decisions.

So much for monolithic, politics-driven, conservative judges. Turns out it's the other way around. It's the liberals who walk in lock-step.

2 comments:

Tom said...

It's conservative judges that legislate from the bench more than liberal ones.

Tom said...

these are first term only percentages. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/28/trumps-two-supreme-court-justices-kavanaugh-and-gorsuch-diverge.html