7/01/2004 07:45:49 AM|||Nathan Moore|||

Clarence Thomas, has, from time to time, come under criticism for following the lead of Antonin Scalia on the high court one more then one occasion.

Will Baude of The New Republic partially debunks this notion, at least with some good recent examples. While true that the two vote together more often than not on cases, the fact that Thomas maintains a healthy amount of concurring and dissenting opinions proves his independence.

If anyone has done an actual study (and I'm sure someone has) as to the number of agreed decisions, separate dissents and concurrences, etc. between the two justices it would interesting to look at.

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