I have often mused at how many SC decisions are 5-4.
Such important and permanent decisions made with what appears to be the chance of a coin toss. If just one person on the court had been someone else, the decision could have went the other way.
Really kinda spooky to think about.
On the other hand, the reason cases usually make it to the SC is that there were mixed decisions downstream. The answer wasn’t even clear to the lower courts, so a 5-4 decision seems consistent with the situation.
