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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2820/714a5513-5711-4d3a-a714-67191faab8e7_hq__1_.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Why the U.S. Supreme Court Is So Divided' data-article-id='3383'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11792'>Lawmakers in the United States have been debating how to deal with an accusation against a nominee for the Supreme Court.</span> <span data-start-time='11792' data-end-time='20500'>The issue has turned into a political battle between the two major parties.</span> <span data-start-time='20500' data-end-time='31167'>Observers may ask why a Supreme Court candidate shows such a wide division between Democrats and Republicans.</span> <span data-start-time='31167' data-end-time='37333'>President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh in July.</span> <span data-start-time='37333' data-end-time='47833'>Kavanaugh, like past nominees to the court, has promised his court decisions will not be based on politics.</span> <span data-start-time='47833' data-end-time='57500'>And yet, in the 20th century, the nine-member court has followed a trend of partisan division.</span> <span data-start-time='57500' data-end-time='70875'>From 1969 to 1986, an average of 17 percent of cases were decided by a 5-4 majority.</span> <span data-start-time='70875' data-end-time='79667'>In the following years, that average rose to 20 percent, then 22 percent.</span> <span data-start-time='79667' data-end-time='88146'>The early years of Supreme Court decisions were decided very differently.</span> <span data-start-time='88146' data-end-time='98813'>From 1801 to 1940, a one-person majority decided only 2 percent of cases.</span> <span data-start-time='98813' data-end-time='107292'>In other words, Supreme Court justices have been less and less able to agree on decisions.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2820/9B70DB4E-CC2A-47FA-AD87-5B7CA3AF95B6_cx0_cy3_cw0_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=11560 data-hint-location='47833' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2820/what_does_partisan_mean.wav'>What does partisan mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='strongly supporting one leader, group, or cause over another'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2820/strongly_supporting_one_leader_group_or_cause_over_another.wav'><span>strongly supporting one leader, group, or cause over another</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2820/supporting_all_groups_equally.wav'><span>supporting all groups equally</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2820/supreme_court_policies_and_procedures.wav'><span>supreme court policies and procedures</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2820/to_be_elected_president.wav'><span>to be elected president</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=11561 data-hint-location='37333' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2820/kavanaugh_like_past_nominees_to_the_court_has_promised_his_court_decisions_will_not_be_based_on_what.wav'>Kavanaugh, like past nominees to the court, has promised his court decisions will not be based on what?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='politics'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2820/ghosts.wav'><span>ghosts</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2820/politics.wav'><span>politics</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2820/money.wav'><span>money</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2820/race.wav'><span>race</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=11562 data-hint-location='11792' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2820/the_issue_has_turned_into_a__blank__between_the_two_major_parties.wav'>The issue has turned into a <span class='blank'>political battle</span> between the two major parties.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='political battle'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2820/political_battle.wav'><span>political battle</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2820/political_agreement.wav'><span>political agreement</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2820/trade_agreement.wav'><span>trade agreement</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2820/civilized_discussion.wav'><span>civilized discussion</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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