There are a whole lot of strongly held beliefs about how the Supreme Court votes. Many of these involve the court’s perceived ideological divide: there are six Republican-appointed justices and three Democratic-appointed justices. So, as the narrative goes, you get a whole lot of 6-3 decisions split along those lines.
But how true is that, really? This animated explainer, the third in a series of animated videos done in partnership with Briefly, guides you through which justices dominated this term, which judicial alliances mattered most, and whether the court's so-called ideological divide is more hype than reality.
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