Justice Thomas authored the majority opinion in Home Depot v. Jackson released this morning. There are several facets of this decision that are worth noting. It was a 5-4 decision with the more liberal justices — Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Breyer — in the majority and the other more conservative justices — Roberts, Alito, Gorsuch,…
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Quick Note: Roberts Court Majority Opinion Assignment
Who decides which Justice authors a given majority opinion? There is, of course, the necessity that this Justice is part of the majority coalition. Beyond that though there are two main rules. The first is that the Chief Justice assigns the opinion if the Chief is a member of the majority. If the Chief is…
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