Who Has Been the Bellwether Vote in Divided Criminal Cases (2004-2018)?
Last time, we began our review of the data on the criminal docket regarding how often each of the Justices voted with the majority in divided criminal cases between 1990 and 2003. Today, we’re reviewing the years 2004 through 2018.
In Table 1001, we review the most recent data for Justices Burke, Fitzgerald, Freeman, Garman, Karmeier and Kilbride. Justice Burke was between fifty percent and the seventies in eight of thirteen years. Justice Burke was…