The "unusual alliances" here are the Supreme Court aligning by age. The majority is the 5 justices age 65 and under; the dissent is from the 4 justices age 70 and older. (Seems likely to hold up, at least!) Maybe not so surprising on a technology-related issue? cc @jswalden
Adam Liptak @adamliptak
27 Apr 2020
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Apr 27, 2020 · 7:13 PM UTC

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I think it's fair to say the characteristic contributes to some degree. (There have been other strictly-by-age lineups in the past, too.) But it's far from adequate to truly explain it. Besides which, tech cases don't routinely divide this way anyway, e.g. Riley v. California.