Question

When the Supreme Court rules on a case, how many opinions might be written to explain the verdict? one: the majority opinion two: the majority opinion and the dissent nine: all justices can write an opinion, but only the majority opinion can be used in future cases nine: all justices can write opinions that can be cited in future cases but only majority opinions are considered law

Answer 1

The correct answer here is "all justices can write opinions that can be cited in future cases but only majority opinions are considered law."

Usually, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court will pick one judge to write the majority opinion. However, each judge does have the ability to share their opinion. If a justice agrees with the majority decision and wants to write about a different reason why they agree, they can. If a justice disagrees with the majority decision they can explain why in a dissent. This really depends on the case at hand.