The complicated interplay of agreement on the Trump-appointee-heavy Supreme Court

The raw numbers show how each justice compares. On average, Roberts agreed with the liberals on 71 percent of decisions — a rate of agreement that might seem surprising, given the context. Roberts’s average agreement rate between all justices was 79 percent. That’s relatively high, but is about in line with all three Trump appointees (Kavanaugh, Barrett and Neil M. Gorsuch). The more individual conservatives are the more senior ones: Clarence Thomas and Alito. They agreed with everyone else on average at about the same rate as liberals Stephen G. Breyer and Elena Kagan. The most independently voting justice was Sonia Sotomayor.