Justice Barrett has joined the bandwagon complaining that folks only describe as “big” cases those that divide #SCOTUS ideologically. That’s not only belied by tons of actual evidence, but it obscures the extent to which it’s often the holdings the Court *chooses* to adopt that provoke such splits:

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... I think you're proving her point.

I've been hearing neutral academics going through the evidence for quite a while, and they back what Barrett says. Meanwhile, it seems you respond by... focusing on "big" cases, just as she said.

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