The Supreme Court's completion of its recent term saw a range of sweeping decisions including the end of affirmative action in college admissions and curbing anti-discrimination laws.
Those rulings, in addition to the court blocking President Joe Biden's plan to forgive the student debt of more than 40 million U.S. borrowers, were hailed by conservatives as victories. However, Chief Justice John Roberts, an appointee of former President George W. Bush who finished out his 17th year leading the court, voted in ways that belied the partisan perception of the court and its 6-3 Republican-appointed majority.
The fall 2022-23 term's spread of decisions has made it slightly more difficult for liberal critics to accuse the Supreme Court of operating under a partisan agenda as many did last year after the justices fulfilled several long-standing conservative objectives such as overturning Roe v. Wade and striking down restrictions on Second Amendment rights, among other major cases.
Still, one trend that has remained constant in recent terms is the rate at which Roberts and Kavanaugh fall into the majority, which was no different this term, according to data compiled by Adam Feldman, founder of the Empirical SCOTUS blog. Other legal experts who spoke to the Washington Examiner agreed that the trend of Kavanaugh and Roberts often in the majority suggests they may steer some of the more"political cases" that the justices consider.
The high court next term will hear another consequential case filed by leaders of South Carolina's legislature after a federal court found it drew a racially gerrymandered congressional map. This case too will have drastic impacts on the election and could present a similar dilemma before the justices like the Milligan case and could ultimately be determined by Roberts and Kavanaugh.
“It is important that the public not be misled,” he wrote, regarding any incongruity between the conservative bloc and the liberal bloc. “Any such misperception would be harmful to this institution and our country."
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