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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMerrick Garland and Kavanaugh voted identical on 93% of decisions. Did we know this?
Some guy named Scott Jennings just said on HLN (they call themselves CNN's sister station) that Merrick Garland and Kavanaugh voted identical on 93% of decisions. Did we know this? Is it true?
KPN
(15,662 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,968 posts)...that 7% matters.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)The whole fight is about a handful of cases that have national significance.
Imperialism Inc.
(2,495 posts)Kavanaugh is no moderate though. His arguments in his decisions attest to this.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)His voting record. It was more about his being very unsuitable for the position of dog catcher no less a SCOTUS justice, because of his history of criminal sexual misconduct, apparent drinking issue, crappy temperament and committing perjury by LYING under oath.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)are politically inconsequential. So not really surprising. Most judges probably vote together 90% of the time at that level.
procon
(15,805 posts)difference changes everything. The small percentage of rulings where they differ are clearly momentous, life changing decrees, and that's the only issue that matters.
Haynx
(46 posts)Irrelevant stat.
dsc
(52,166 posts)they only looked at decisions authored by them. Ie Kavanaugh joined ones by Garland and Garland joined ones by Kavanaugh. That said, there is also the fact many decisions are determined at the Appellate level by precedent.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)What did you expect?
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)lame54
(35,326 posts)To appease the right
Still didn't work
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Merrick Garland's record is overall somewhat to the left of center, notably tending to protect individuals against the corporation. And thank goodness he's on the appellate court.
Kavanaugh's is very far right, along with Clarence Thomas and Gorsuch.
Kavanaugh has a consistent pattern of favoring business and government over the rights of the individual. Trump wants to be a dictator, and both Gorsuch and Kavanaugh will push the nation to at least a more authoritarian form.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/03/30/new-data-show-how-liberal-merrick-garland-really-is/?utm_term=.ad93abb92ad1
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Fla Dem
(23,765 posts)nominee for the Right to accept. He was wrong. That he and Kavanaugh agreed on many decisions is not in itself remarkable. It's the other 7% that is of concern.
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)And it is a very BIG deal.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)tritsofme
(17,401 posts)Even on the Supreme Court, though I havent seen the figure, but I would venture to guess that Alito and Ginsberg vote with each other well more than 50% of the time.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)36% to 14%
8-1 and 7-2 also lead 5-4.
Most law is settled.