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question everything

(47,487 posts) Sat Jun 30, 2018, 01:37 AM Jun 2018

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How centrist was Kennedy?

Percentage of 5-4 cases decided in conservatives’ favor, from 2005 to 2018

The right, red bars are siding with the conservatives, the left, blue one - siding with the liberals.

What is interesting is the last section is for the years 2017-2018.

(The top one is for 1995-1996).

(These graphs are from the WSJ, managed to get the graph, but not the labels).

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How centrist was Kennedy? (Original Post) question everything Jun 2018 OP

Dunno that anyone claimed he was a "centrist". They just noted he voted w the "liberals" occasional emulatorloo Jun 2018 #1

Right. Until this past year.. question everything Jun 2018 #2

How does that contradict what I wrote? emulatorloo Jun 2018 #3

Does not contradict, but add that in the past year the "occasional" dropped to zero question everything Jun 2018 #4

I understood it to be mostly on social issues Control-Z Jun 2018 #5

IIRC, gay rights and abortion rights he usually voted w/ the liberal justices sweetloukillbot Jun 2018 #6

Yeah. This year. Well, last year too. Control-Z Jun 2018 #7

emulatorloo

(44,131 posts)

1. Dunno that anyone claimed he was a "centrist". They just noted he voted w the "liberals" occasional

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sat Jun 30, 2018, 01:42 AM

Jun 2018

Occasionally. Obviously Trump’s new person won’t ever vote w the “liberals”

question everything

(47,487 posts)

2. Right. Until this past year..

Reply to emulatorloo (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 30, 2018, 01:43 AM

Jun 2018

emulatorloo

(44,131 posts)

3. How does that contradict what I wrote?

Reply to question everything (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 30, 2018, 01:44 AM

Jun 2018

No need to get aggressive over an factual observation.

question everything

(47,487 posts)

4. Does not contradict, but add that in the past year the "occasional" dropped to zero

Reply to emulatorloo (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 30, 2018, 01:46 AM

Jun 2018

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)

5. I understood it to be mostly on social issues

Reply to emulatorloo (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 30, 2018, 01:57 AM

Jun 2018

that he voted with the Democrats.

sweetloukillbot

(11,029 posts)

6. IIRC, gay rights and abortion rights he usually voted w/ the liberal justices

Reply to Control-Z (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 30, 2018, 02:52 AM

Jun 2018

I think he was more of a traditional libertarian, against government and pro personal rights. This year, however...

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)

7. Yeah. This year. Well, last year too.

Reply to sweetloukillbot (Reply #6)

Sat Jun 30, 2018, 04:34 AM

Jun 2018

Someone seems to have influenced him a bit, wouldn't you say?

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