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LAS14

(15,537 posts)
Mon Feb 7, 2022, 09:02 PM Feb 2022

Where can I find out how individual justices voted on supreme court decisions?

Right now I'm interested in the 5/4 decision upholding gerrymandering. But I'd like to know where to go whenever I'm wondering.

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Where can I find out how individual justices voted on supreme court decisions? (Original Post) LAS14 Feb 2022 OP
Find a reported story about the case, first; also, go to ScotusBlog. elleng Feb 2022 #1
Non-lawyer here--if you can find the case online spooky3 Feb 2022 #2
Roberts voted against with the liberals Chernevog Feb 2022 #3
Go to Supremecourt.gov rsdsharp Feb 2022 #4
It depends on the type of decision Effete Snob Feb 2022 #5

spooky3

(38,860 posts)
2. Non-lawyer here--if you can find the case online
Mon Feb 7, 2022, 09:08 PM
Feb 2022

It will show who voted in each direction, toward the beginning of the opinion, and then near the beginning of the dissent. Sometimes there is also a concurrence.

Chernevog

(31 posts)
3. Roberts voted against with the liberals
Mon Feb 7, 2022, 09:18 PM
Feb 2022

Chief Justice John Roberts joining the court’s liberals in opposing the ruling.

 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
5. It depends on the type of decision
Mon Feb 7, 2022, 09:38 PM
Feb 2022

For certain types of procedural decisions, you will not know.

Whether to hear emergency petitions, is a decision made by one justice, depending on the circuit from which the case comes.

A decision to hear a case requires four justices, and there is usually no head count.

Decisions in cases that are heard by the whole court are published at:

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinion/21

The Alabama decision in question was a procedural order and not a substantive one. The question was whether or not to implement the decision of the appeals court pending appeal to the Supreme Court. The actual case will be heard in the next term.

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