The Supreme Court yesterday issued five unanimous decisions, including Crawford v. Nashville, involving the federal civil rights law’s protection of workers against employment retaliation. David J. Garrow, a senior research fellow at the University of Cambridge, tells the Legal Times’ Tony Mauro that the court’s “rulings send a striking message of judicial consensus while belying any presumption of ideological division or conflict.” Mauro notes, however, that it is likely too early to discern a trend, noting that unanimous decision are easier to “wrap up early in the term.”

The Court’s other unanimous decisions were:

·         Arizona v. Johnson, in which the Court found that during a routine traffic stop, police can search the vehicle’s passenger as long as they believe person is armed and dangerous. See analysis from Scotusblog on the case here.

·         U.S. v. Eurodif, where the Court bolstered the U.S. Commerce Department’s ability to regulate materials that are enriched overseas and shipped back to the U.S.

·         Van de Kamp v. Goldstein, where the Court ruled that a California man convicted on false testimony cannot sue top prosecutors involved in his conviction.

·         Kennedy v. DuPont Plan Administrator, in which the high court concluded that the company’s retirement plan controlled distribution of pensions in an employee dispute with a divorced spouse.