Tallying Their Votes

An analysis of the voting by Supreme Court justices during the 2008-2009 session shows that a third of their decisions were unanimous, but almost as many split 5 to 4. Roberts and Alito most frequently agreed with each other in cases that were not unanimous. A look at how the decisions of the nine compared:

SOURCE: Scotusblog | By Laura Stanton And Karen Yourish - The Washington Post - July 01, 2009

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This Story Term Saw High Court Move to The Right Article \| For the Supreme Court, it was the year of living on the verge. : Post Politics: Obama's Health Care Plan, GOP Opposition, More Interactive: Supreme Court Roundup Tallying Their Votes Supreme Court Highlights		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace SOURCE: Scotusblog \| By Laura Stanton And Karen Yourish - The Washington Post - July 01, 2009 ¬es=An analysis of the voting by Supreme Court justices during the 2008-2009 session shows that a third of their decisions were unanimous, but almost as many split 5 to 4. Roberts and Alito most frequently agreed with each other in cases that were not unanimous. A look at how the decisions of the nine compared:" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('delicious')" onmouseout="resetbg2('delicious')" target="new">del.icio.us SOURCE: Scotusblog \| By Laura Stanton And Karen Yourish - The Washington Post - July 01, 2009 \'),\'newstrust\'+(new Date()).getMilliseconds(),\'dependent=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,alwaysRaised=yes,status=yes,directories=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,width=430,height=750,modal=no\'));ntw.focus();'" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('newstrust')" onmouseout="resetbg2('newstrust')">NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic		More on washingtonpost.com • More Politics News » washingtonpost.com
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