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On Trump’s Ballroom, Chief Justice Finds Himself in an Unusual Spot: In Dissent
Ann E. Marimow, The New York Times
On Monday, the Supreme Court cleared the way for construction to continue on the new White House ballroom. Chief Justice John Roberts dissented, in an opinion joined by the court’s three Democratic appointees. The New York Times highlighted Roberts’ vote in an article about how rarely he is in dissent. “Since 2020, he has on average voted with the majority in argued cases that were not unanimous 91 percent of the time. Throughout his tenure, he has voted with the majority 83 percent of the time – the fifth highest of any justice and the highest of any chief justice since 1953, according to an analysis by Lee Epstein, a political scientist and law professor at Washington University in St. Louis.”
