Supreme Court justices show their liberal and conservative biases in deciding free speech cases according to a new study of decisions from 1953 to 2011. Although liberal justices are more likely to vote in support of the First Amendment, both liberal and conservative judges reflected their “preferences toward the ideological groupings of the speaker [the litigant in quest of free speech rights].” (The New York Times, May 5, 2014, by Adam Liptak)
The study showed that Justice Antonin Scalia voted for the free speech rights of conservatives at more than triple the rate he voted for the rights of liberals. (Common Dreams, May 6, 2014, by Jon Queally)