Today, we’re reviewing the pattern of Justice Karmeier’s questions in oral argument on criminal cases.
When Justice Karmeier joins the majority of a simple affirmance or reversal, his questions show the expected pattern – he tends to more heavily question the losing side. In affirmances, he averages 1.88 questions to appellants and 0.68 to appellees.
For the past few weeks, we’ve been reviewing the oral argument questioning of individual Justices, attempting to answer this question: if the Court as a whole is likely to more heavily question the party who will lose the case, what about Justices planning to dissent from that result? This week, we’re looking at Justice Karmeier’s
Since joining the Court, Justice Karmeier has participated in 37 domestic relations cases. He has voted for defendants in 18 cases and against them 19 times.
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Justice Karmeier has participated in 156 criminal procedure cases since joining the Court. He has voted for defendants in 42 of those cases and against them in 114. From 2005 to 2009, he voted for defendants in 23 cases and against them 43 times. From 2010 to 2014, he voted for defendants nine times and
Since joining the Court, Justice Karmeier has voted in 152 criminal constitutional law cases. He has voted for defendants in 35 of those cases and for the state 117 times. Between 2005 and 2009, he voted for defendants in 11 of 61 cases. Since that time, he supported defendants in 24 cases and voted against
Justice Karmeier has participated in 77 civil procedure cases since he joined the Court in 2005. He has voted for plaintiffs in 30 of those cases and voted against plaintiffs 47 times. From 2005 to 2010, Justice Karmeier voted for plaintiffs in 11 of 28 cases. From 2011 to 2015, he voted for plaintiffs in
Justice Karmeier has participated in 63 civil cases since taking his seat primarily involving constitutional law issues. He has voted for defendants 36 times, and against defendants in 27 cases. Between 2005 and 2012, he voted for defendants in 25 cases and against them in only 8. Since that time, he has voted for defendants
Since joining the Supreme Court, Justice Karmeier has participated in 109 tort cases. He has voted for defendants in 73 of those cases and for plaintiffs 36 times. Between 2005 and 2008, he voted for defendants in 23 cases and for plaintiffs 15 times. Between 2009 and 2012, he voted for defendants 26 times and
Today, we’re continuing our seven-part post analyzing the individual Justices’ voting records in civil cases involving insurer parties.
Justice Karmeier joined the Court in 2005. Since that time, he has supported the insurer’s position in 18 civil cases, while opposing the insurer in 14 cases. From 2005 to 2008, he voted for insurers in 11
Yesterday, we reviewed the data on Chief Justice Karmeier’s questions in civil cases between 2008 and 2016. Today, we take a look at a different side of the data – what can we infer when the Chief Justice asks the first question to either side in criminal cases?
Voting against a party did not make