- There is a voting record distinction between the senior justices and the justices appointed by Governor Brown;
- The pro tem justices do not vote in lockstep with the Chief Justice or the majority;
- Which governor appointed a pro tem justice does not correlate with pro tem voting;
- Justice Liu produces by far the most opinions;
- There is a disparity between how often the Brown appointees vote with the majority and how many majority opinions they write; and
- Productivity may not have dropped without seven permanent justices.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Cal Supremes Year in Review
SCOCAblog has posted its SCOCA Year in Review 2018: Still Not the Brown Court, which crunches the data and draws the following conclusions: