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Voting-affinity data
for the 2020 Term
(September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020)

Blacklock
Blacklock
Boyd
Boyd

In 2020, they participated together in 64 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 53/64 82.8%
Different opinions, same judgment 1/64 1.6%
Agreed on judgment 56/64 87.5%
Disagreed on judgment 8/64 12.5%

And 15 of those led to at least one dissent from the judgment

Joined the same opinions 6/15 40.0%
Different opinions, same judgment 1/15 6.7%
Agreed on judgment 7/15 46.7%
Disagreed on judgment 8/15 53.3%
 

Within those 15 cases that had a dissent:

6 cases:
Joined the same opinions

1 case:
Some divergence on opinions