Updated Supreme Court Stats

Here’s the updated “report card” after today’s Jicarilla Apache decision.  

Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito continue their “perfect” 0% streak, having not found in favor of tribal interests once during their time on the bench – 7 and 6 cases, respectively.  The percentages for Justices Scalia (16.9% ~ 9/53), Kennedy (17.3% ~ 8/46), and Breyer (28.1% ~ 9/32) steadily decline.  A special shout-out is in order to Justice Thomas (10% ~ 4/40) as he teeters on the precipice of hitting the single digits. 

Not counting Justice Sotomayer (50% ~1/2), who actually wrote a strong (lone) dissent in Jicarilla , Justice Ginsburg (37.1% ~ 13/35) holds the highest percentage of decisions in favor of tribal interests. 

Justice Kagan (0/0) still hasn’t been up to bat yet.