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First time Sotomayor and Kavanaugh sided together

Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. produced a historic SCOTUS lineup: Sotomayor and Kavanaugh in the same concurrence for the first time ever. That's wild. The most ideologically distant justices found common ground, which either means the issue was apolitical or both sides saw something the majority missed.
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Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. (5-21-2026) Concurrence: Sotomayor, Kavanaugh SCOTUSgami! This is the 1st time this lineup has occurred in a SCOTUS opinion!
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A Sotomayor-Kavanaugh alignment is so rare it's historically notable, suggesting either truly neutral legal ground or a crack in the usual ideological blocs.

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