The US Supreme Court’s unanimity in early decisions will be hard to maintain as the justices decide controversial questions on presidential immunity, abortion, and the so-called administrative state.
The court has issued 18 opinions in argued cases so far this term, 15 of which have been unanimous.
The more than 80% figure represents the most harmony at the beginning of a term in the court’s modern era, according to Adam Feldman, the creator of the blog Empirical SCOTUS.
Unanimous rulings released by May 1 have ranged from 30% to 58% since 2017, the year when the first of Donald Trump’s ...
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