Today's DJ has Kirk Jenkins' continuing series of data-driven analyses of each Supreme Court justice.
- "Justice Liu is one of the most prolific writers on opinions on
the California Supreme Court. He has frequently filed concurring and dissenting
opinions, especially in the early years of his tenure. His civil dissents are
relatively evenly distributed between six vote, five vote and four vote
majorities. His criminal dissents, however, preponderantly occur in cases with
five or four vote majorities. His agreement rates with the other nominees of
former Gov. Brown is significantly lower than the rates among justices
nominated by Republican governors, especially in criminal cases, suggesting that
the emergence of a cohesive "Brown Court" is unlikely."
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