Originally Posted by j8ear

Actually, in about 95 percent of the decisions...it is exactly the same 5 or the same 4.

Occasionally you get a rogue Thomas who votes against KKK cross burnings or some other anomoly, but for the most part....the votes line up very predicatably.

It really is usually O'Connor who is the swing on a 5-4, and almost exclusively.

She is often considered the most powerful women in the US and by extension therefore the world.

-bear