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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 23 > Consensus is key for 2008 Supreme Court

Consensus is key for 2008 Supreme Court

Chief Justice John Roberts has pledged to seek middle path, and it’s an election year

By Linda Greenhouse / The Bulletin
May 23, 2008

WASHINGTON — Where have all the 5-4 decisions gone?

And whatever happened to the “Kennedy Court”?

A year ago at this time, the Supreme Court had decided 13 cases by votes of 5-4, out of 41 total decisions. That proved to be an accurate snapshot of a highly polarized....

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