Kagan, and Maybe Kavanaugh, Join Roberts in High Court’s Center

As the Supreme Court wrapped up its first high court term with its strengthened conservative majority, Chief Justice John Roberts cast the deciding votes in two 5-4 cases, handing high-profile wins to both conservatives and liberals.

But Roberts isn’t the only justice staking out a place in the court’s judicial middle.

Justice Elena Kagan has been in the majority of 6-3 decisions almost as often as Roberts during their years on the court, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis of the 116 rulings that broke 6-3 since the start of the 2005 term. And the court’s newest justice, Justice ...