Since 2010, when Elena Kagan replaced John Paul Stevens, all of the Republican-nominated Justices on the Supreme Court have been to the right of all of its Democratic-nominated Justices. This pattern is widely recognized, but it is not well recognized that it is unique in the Court’s history. Before 2010, the Court never had clear ideological blocs that coincided with party lines. Today’s partisan split, while unprecedented, is likely enduring.The very political changes that underlie the current splitmake it likely that, for the foreseeable future, a Court with five Democratic-nominated

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Split Definitive：党派两极分化如何将最高法院变成党派法院

自 2010 年埃琳娜·卡根 (Elena Kagan) 取代约翰·保罗·史蒂文斯 (John Paul Stevens) 以来，所有共和党提名的最高法院大法官都支持所有民主党提名的大法官。这种模式得到了广泛认可，但人们并没有充分认识到它在法院历史上是独一无二的。在 2010 年之前，法院从未有过与党派路线一致的明确意识形态阵营。今天的党派分裂虽然史无前例，但可能会持续下去。 当前分裂背后的政治变化使得在可预见的未来，一个由五名民主党提名的法院