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Current Members. John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, was born in Buffalo, New York, January 27, 1955. He married Jane Sullivan in 1996 and they have two children - Josephine and Jack. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1976 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979.
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- Words Per Argument and Number of Speaking Turns
- High Engagement Across All Cases, Especially The Most Divisive Ones
- Comparing Words Counts of New Justices
- Longer Arguments Mean More Speaking Time
- No Strong Correlation Between Spoken Word-Counts and Written Opinions
The graph below shows that Jackson is well out in front of her colleagues in terms of words spoken per argument. It also shows that the court’s liberal bloc — Jackson, Kagan, and Sotomayor — makes up the top three slots on this measure. Justice Clarence Thomas, who for much of his career remained almost entirely silent during arguments, became an a...
Jackson has been particularly outspoken in the most significant cases argued so far this term. The next graph shows Jackson’s word counts (in blue) in each oral argument compared to each of the other justices. Jackson spoke perceptively more than any of the other justices in Merrill, Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina, Uni...
Another interesting comparison to draw is between Jackson and the other most recently confirmed justices: Gorsuch and Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. The following shows a smoothed graph of those four justices’ word counts for each of their first three months of oral arguments on the court. None of these other new justices are even ...
As a result of the new format, we see an across-the-board increase in the justices’ oral argument word counts when compared to last term. Arguments also have gone on for longerthan their allotted time limits. With smoothed graphs similar to the previous one, we see that in the first three months of this term, almost all of the justices’ total word ...
With Jackson’s impact on oral arguments thus far, one might wonder whether a justice’s level of engagement at an argument can indicate whether that justice is more likely to write the majority opinion or a dissent in the case. Based on our analysis of argument word counts from the past decade, the answer seems to be no. Since 2011, we see that the ...
Jul 10, 2022 · Can you name the current Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court? Here's a list, along with an explanation of the powers of the Supreme Court and its history.
Feb 8, 2024 · 8 February. Getty Images. The Justices of the US Supreme Court in October 2022. The US Supreme Court often has the final word on highly contentious laws, disputes between states and the...
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