claim: the 5-4 decisions the supreme court reaches "are going up."
author: stephen carter
evidence_1: jun 18, 2018 ... the nation's highest court faced a far-reaching list of cases that ... decided june  27, 2018. 5-4. sotomayor. ginsburg. kagan. breyer ... the court blocked a  california law that required “crisis pregnancy centers” to provide information  about abortion. .... sign up. to save articles or get newsletters, alerts or ...
evidence_2: jun 28, 2018 ... unanimous decisions of the supreme court are much more common than 5-to-4  splits. ... even when the court did not reach a unanimous judgment, the ... 7-to-2  or 8-to-1 judgments making up about 15 percent of decisions.
evidence_3: the supreme court agreed to hear his case. ... (5-4). the majority of the court,  according to justice william brennan, agreed with johnson and held that flag ...
evidence_4: jul 1, 2014 ... a journalist runs out of the supreme court on june 30, 2014, carrying ... of  government, which seems to be caught up in an endless blood feud. ... so what's  the truth about unanimity on the court? ... another odd feature of the data is that  the court achieves unanimity a great deal of the time, and divides 5–4 ...
evidence_5: jun 27, 2018 ... what kennedy's departure from the supreme court will mean for abortion, gay  rights, and more. ... the court's most ideologically charged decisions, responsible  for 5-4 ... it could wind up being the most important part of his legacy. ... wait for  the challenge to reach the supreme court before the new justice ...