Another chemist here.
What predictions does Bohmian mechanics make that traditional (Copenhagen) QM does not?
This is why I tell people that the leaning of a particular justice even within the same session will not necessarily tell you how that justice will see the matter at hand. Look at Gonzales v. Raich, where Rehnquist and Thomas -- two of the three most conservative leaning justices at the time -- voted in favor of allowing California's legalization of medical marijuana laws to trump federal law, while Kennedy and Scalia voted to let federal law win out. You can make a general guess, but until the opinion is published, you just don't know.
Huh? The conservatives were upholding states rights (a favorite conservative stance), where-as the liberals were up holding expansive federal government, as they often do. No surprises here.
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