Examples of unusual divides on the Supreme Court

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Florida v. Jardines

Scalia, joined Thomas, Ginsburg, Kagan, and Sotomayor in the five member majority declaring that a dog smell in a house's front pouch is an unconstitutional search.

Alito dissented, joined by Kennedy, Roberts, and Breyer.

This is pretty common. Breyer trusts government, including the police, more than probably any other justice. Whereas Scalia and Thomas were/are occasionally (and sometimes inconsistently, true, especially in the case of Scalia) skeptical of government power.