The Supreme Courts decisions since October 31, 2011 - 21 in toto

I do not have the comparative information needed to make a judgment as to the political leanings of Elena Kagan,  but Justice Sotomayor (both women are Obama appointees) does not appear to be an ideologue (that is a good thing) in the same sense as is Justice Ruth Bader Ginburg. 

Also,  I think it curious that Ruth Ginsburg has announced she is not going to retire before the November elections.  One would think  this very liberal Justice,  78 years old and fighting pancreatic cancer,  would want a liberal president proposing her replacement justice.  

R-	Date	Docket	Name	J.	Pt.
21	1/23/12	11-208	Ryburn v. Huff     9th Circuit reversed	PC	565/2
20	1/23/12	10-224	National Meat Assn. v. Harris 9th Circuit reversed	EK	565/2
19	1/23/12	10-6549	Reynolds v. United States  3rd Circuit reversed	B	565/2
18	1/23/12	10-1259	United States v. Jones warrantless GPS usage	AS	565/2
17	1/20/12	11-713	Perry v. Perez Texas redistricting stricken	PC	565/2
16	1/18/12	10-1195	Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC 11th Circuit reveased	G	565/2
15	1/18/12	10-545	Golan v. Holder could not upload PDF	G	565/2
14	1/18/12	10-63	Maples v. Thomas	G	565/2
13	1/11/12	10-8974	Perry v. New Hampshire	G	565/1
12	1/11/12	10-507	Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid	T	565/1
11	1/11/12	10-553	Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC  confirms the 1st amendment and the Lutheran Church in its need to hire those who advance their religious point of view	R	565/1
10	1/10/12	10-895	Gonzalez v. Thaler 5th Circuit affirmed	SS	565/1
9	1/10/12	10-1104	Minneci v. Pollard	B	565/1
8	1/10/12	10-948	CompuCredit Corp. v. Greenwood  9th Circuit is reversed in a decision confirmed by Sotomayor	AS	565/1
7	1/10/12	10-8145	Smith v. Cain Lower court reversed. Roberts confirmed; Thomas dissented	R	565/1
6	12/12/11	11-74	Hardy v. Cross	PC	565/1
5	12/12/11	10-694	Judulang v. Holder	EK	565/1
4	11/08/11	10-637	Greene v. Fisher	AS	565/1
3	11/07/11	10-1540	Bobby v. Dixon	PC	565/1
2	11/07/11	10-1521	KPMG LLP v. Cocchi	PC	565/1
1	10/31/11	10-1115	Cavazos v. Smith	PC	565/1