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Because...? Their majority isn't likely to grow for the next couple of years at least. I can't think of a reason why it would suddenly change. They were pretty fully mask off last term.
Because...? Their majority isn't likely to grow for the next couple of years at least. I can't think of a reason why it would suddenly change. They were pretty fully mask off last term.
I was assuming that the timeframe for that "one third" was pretty long/wide, going back to before the Trump appointments and sharp shift. I don't see the liberals getting many (or any) majorities going forward.
Because...? Their majority isn't likely to grow for the next couple of years at least. I can't think of a reason why it would suddenly change. They were pretty fully mask off last term.
I was assuming that the timeframe for that "one third" was pretty long/wide, going back to before the Trump appointments and sharp shift. I don't see the liberals getting many (or any) majorities going forward.
Yeah, less that they won't necessarily be on the right side of things (though that's also something), and more that they need at least two conservative justices on board to get a majority, and so there'll be someone who can write the majority opinion in a manner that weakens it's usage for liberal goals/strengthens it's usage for conservative ones.
They're free to write concurrences, but I'm pretty sure that won't have the full strength of a majority opinion.
Which has already proven to be inaccurate. This is really weird. Last term they wrote about a third of the majority opinions from the statistics I am seeing. They are up on SCOTUSBlog if anyone is curious. Roberts I think is the one who assigns authors for majority opinions and the instutional inertia there is to divide it fairly evenly.
I think people are also under estimating how often the justices are on the same side. They have broad agreement on a lot of stuff. The culture war stuff is not a huge portion of their case load. It is just the stuff that impacts the most people so we hear about it the most.
Because...? Their majority isn't likely to grow for the next couple of years at least. I can't think of a reason why it would suddenly change. They were pretty fully mask off last term.
I was assuming that the timeframe for that "one third" was pretty long/wide, going back to before the Trump appointments and sharp shift. I don't see the liberals getting many (or any) majorities going forward.
Yeah, less that they won't necessarily be on the right side of things (though that's also something), and more that they need at least two conservative justices on board to get a majority, and so there'll be someone who can write the majority opinion in a manner that weakens it's usage for liberal goals/strengthens it's usage for conservative ones.
They're free to write concurrences, but I'm pretty sure that won't have the full strength of a majority opinion.
Which has already proven to be inaccurate. This is really weird. Last term they wrote about a third of the majority opinions from the statistics I am seeing. They are up on SCOTUSBlog if anyone is curious. Roberts I think is the one who assigns authors for majority opinions and the institutional inertia there is to divide it fairly evenly.
I think people are also under estimating how often the justices are on the same side. They have broad agreement on a lot of stuff. The culture war stuff is not a huge portion of their case load. It is just the stuff that impacts the most people so we hear about it the most.
Who writes the Decision is determined by Seniority. Chief Justice is the most senior, so he determines who writes the Majority (or dissent) depending on what side he's on.
Because...? Their majority isn't likely to grow for the next couple of years at least. I can't think of a reason why it would suddenly change. They were pretty fully mask off last term.
I was assuming that the timeframe for that "one third" was pretty long/wide, going back to before the Trump appointments and sharp shift. I don't see the liberals getting many (or any) majorities going forward.
Yeah, less that they won't necessarily be on the right side of things (though that's also something), and more that they need at least two conservative justices on board to get a majority, and so there'll be someone who can write the majority opinion in a manner that weakens it's usage for liberal goals/strengthens it's usage for conservative ones.
They're free to write concurrences, but I'm pretty sure that won't have the full strength of a majority opinion.
Which has already proven to be inaccurate. This is really weird. Last term they wrote about a third of the majority opinions from the statistics I am seeing. They are up on SCOTUSBlog if anyone is curious. Roberts I think is the one who assigns authors for majority opinions and the institutional inertia there is to divide it fairly evenly.
I think people are also under estimating how often the justices are on the same side. They have broad agreement on a lot of stuff. The culture war stuff is not a huge portion of their case load. It is just the stuff that impacts the most people so we hear about it the most.
Who writes the Decision is determined by Seniority. Chief Justice is the most senior, so he determines who writes the Majority (or dissent) depending on what side he's on.
Doesn't apply to dissents I think, since there's no official dissent the way there is with a majority opinion. It's just whatever the justices feel like writing or signing on to.
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I was assuming that the timeframe for that "one third" was pretty long/wide, going back to before the Trump appointments and sharp shift. I don't see the liberals getting many (or any) majorities going forward.
Which has already proven to be inaccurate. This is really weird. Last term they wrote about a third of the majority opinions from the statistics I am seeing. They are up on SCOTUSBlog if anyone is curious. Roberts I think is the one who assigns authors for majority opinions and the instutional inertia there is to divide it fairly evenly.
I think people are also under estimating how often the justices are on the same side. They have broad agreement on a lot of stuff. The culture war stuff is not a huge portion of their case load. It is just the stuff that impacts the most people so we hear about it the most.
Who writes the Decision is determined by Seniority. Chief Justice is the most senior, so he determines who writes the Majority (or dissent) depending on what side he's on.
Doesn't apply to dissents I think, since there's no official dissent the way there is with a majority opinion. It's just whatever the justices feel like writing or signing on to.
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