Yesterday the Court released a divided decision in Georgia v Public.Resource.Org with Justices Roberts, Kagan, Sotomayor, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh in the majority and Justices Alito, Thomas, Ginsburg, and Breyer in dissent. As several folks pointed out, this was an interesting split of the justices since the majority was composed of the five younger justices on…
Month: April 2020
Something We Haven’t Seen in the Supreme Court Since the Civil War
The Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865 and the Court was affected by the war like all national institutions. During the second year of the war in 1862 the Court decided 41 cases by signed decisions and in 1864 the Court decided 57 such cases. According to the United States Supreme Court Database,…
SCOTUSBlog Interim Stat Pack April 2020
The Interim Stat Pack is now up on SCOTUSBlog’s website. Here are some key takeaways: The last time the Supreme Court closed its doors to the public due to an epidemic was during the Spanish flu outbreak of 1918. Through March of this term, the court has decided fewer cases by signed opinion than it has…
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