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Voting Alignments on the Supreme Court

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Rehnquist Agreed most often with Kennedy (84%) Kennedy (85%) Kennedy, Thomas (81%)
Agreed least often with Stevens (55%) Stevens, Souter (61%) Stevens (31%)
Stevens Agreed most often with Ginsburg (87%) Breyer (88%) Ginsburg (88%)
Agreed least often with Rehnquist (55%) Thomas (54%) Rehnquist (31%)
O'Connor Agreed most often with Kennedy (79%) Kennedy (82%) Breyer (81%)
Agreed least often with Stevens (63%) Stevens (65%) Thomas (56%)
Scalia Agreed most often with Thomas (89%) Thomas (88%) Kennedy, Thomas (94%)
Agreed least often with Stevens (45%) Stevens (49%) Stevens (31%)
Kennedy Agreed most often with Thomas (85%) Rehnquist, Thomas (85%) Thomas (88%)
Agreed least often with Stevens (57%) Stevens (63%) Stevens (38%)
Souter Agreed most often with Ginsburg (92%) Ginsburg (90%) Ginsburg (100%)
Agreed least often with Scalia (51%) Scalia (53%) Rehnquist, Scalia (44%)
Thomas Agreed most often with Scalia (89%) Scalia (88%) Scalia (94%)
Agreed least often with Breyer (54%) Stevens (54%) Stevens (38%)
Ginsburg Agreed most often with Souter (92%) Souter (90%) Souter (100%)
Agreed least often with Scalia (51%) Scalia (53%) Scalia (44%)
Breyer Agreed most often with Ginsburg (86%) Stevens (88%) Souter, Ginsburg (88%)
Agreed least often with Scalia (49%) Scalia (47%) Thomas (50%)
(The National Law Journal, August 2002)

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