20 - What You Might Not Know about the Supreme Court

Not My Generation

Everyone knows that the Supreme Court is divided between 6 "conservative" justices and 3 "liberal" justices - and that's all you really need to know about the decisions made by the Court, right? "Not so fast," says Dr. Dean Jens and Sarah Isgur in their recent article for politico. Jens and Isgur note that roughly 50% of the Court's decisions in its 2022-2023 term were unanimous. Less than 10% of the divided opinions had the 6-3 conservative/liberal division. In addition, 90% of those cases had at least one liberal justice in the majority.

In this episode, Emily and James visit with Dr. Jens and Dr. Keith Eakins, a specialist in judicial processes and Constitutional law, regarding some interesting and unexpected overlaps between justices, the role ideology plays in judicial decision-making, and whether we should think of the camps within the Supreme Court justices as 3-3-3 court rather than 6-3.

Along the way, James tries to explain what is meant by "standing" in the judicial context, Emily and James give a preview of the OK primaries, and they introduce a new segment called "I have questions."

To read the Politico article by Dr. Dean Jens and Sarah Isgur, go here: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/06/02/supreme-court-justice-math-00152188

To find out more about Dr. Dean Jens, click here: https://business.ucf.edu/person/dean-jens/

To find out more about Dr. Keith Eakins, click here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-rollin-eakins-jd-phd-02a23713/

Click here to learn more about Dr. Emily Stacey: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/stacey-emily/

Click here to learn more about Professor James Davenport: https://www.rose.edu/staff/social-sciences-department/davenport-james/

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