The two Roberts courts

The current Supreme Court, composed of six Republican-appointed conservatives and three Democratic-appointed liberals, often splits 6-3 along ideological lines but also shows internal conservative disagreements. Two October Term 2025 cases, Louisiana v. Callais and Learning Resources v. Trump, illustrate this: the former followed the standard ideological split, while the latter formed a cross-bloc majority. The cases highlight how legal method and institutional role can reorganize justices into different coalitions.