2019 term · Roberts Court · 6-3
Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants Inc.
140 S. Ct. 2335 · 2020 U.S. LEXIS 3544
The record
- Term
- 2019
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 19-631
- U.S. Reports
- —
- S. Ct. citation
- 140 S. Ct. 2335
- LEXIS citation
- 2020 U.S. LEXIS 3544
How the bench divided
MMMCCCDDD
M 3 majorityC 3 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Brett Kavanaugh | Judgment of the Court |
| Clarence Thomas | Special concurrence |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Special concurrence |
| Neil Gorsuch | Special concurrence |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
| Elena Kagan | Dissent |
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