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Political Factoid
- "From 1801 to 1940, less than 2 percent
of the Supreme Court's total rulings
were resolved by 5-to-4 decisions.
- "Since then, more than 16 percent of
the Court's rulings have been decided
by 'minimum-winning coalitions.'
- "In the two most recent Courts,
more than a fifth of all rulings
were decided by 5-to-4 votes."
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