By The Numbers: Vote Breakdown Is a Tale of Two Supreme Courts

The Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative majority until mid June had rejected the most extreme theories advanced by conservative groups and Republican-led states. The term’s final two weeks told a different story.

After a historically slow start, the court’s three liberals were in the majority a surprising number of times once opinions started coming out in January. Sonia Sotomayor, the most liberal justice, was in the majority in 97% of the cases—more than any of her colleagues.

On the opposite end was one of the court’s most conservative justices, Samuel Alito.

Infographic: Jonathan Hurtarte/Bloomberg Law

Those numbers flipped in the final two weeks of ...