Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not YET sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favour; a long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. Thomas Paine, writing from Philadelphia, February 14, 1776
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.
It's conservative judges that legislate from the bench more than liberal ones.
ReplyDeletethese are first term only percentages. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/28/trumps-two-supreme-court-justices-kavanaugh-and-gorsuch-diverge.html
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