New York Times

1 July 2013

The Court’s Most Cohesive Wing

The three female justices on the Supreme Court, who are also the most liberal,
agreed more often on cases this term than any other group on the court.
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Scalia

Alito

Roberts

Kennedy

Breyer

Sotomayor

Kagan

Ginsburg

 

Clarence Thomas

Antonin Scalia

Samuel A. Alito Jr.

John G. Roberts Jr.

Anthony M. Kennedy

Stephen G. Breyer

Sonia Sotomayor

Elena Kagan

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Percentage of time the justices agreed in divided cases

Justice Breyer rounds out the liberal wing of the court, but he broke with the women in a series of privacy cases.

Justice Scalia was more likely to side with the women on privacy cases.

Most conservative justices