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Using statistical analysis of Supreme Court votes, scholars found that an inferred value representing a justice's ideological preference on a simple conservative–liberal scale is sufficient to predict a large number of that justice's votes.
1 cze 2019 · How to read the chart: An analysis by political scientists Andrew Martin and Kevin Quinn, known as the Martin-Quinn Score, places judges on an ideological spectrum. A lower score indicates a more liberal justice, whereas a higher score indicates a more conservative justice.
3 lip 2023 · The Supreme Court continued to lean conservative during its most recent term, according to preliminary data. Why it matters: After overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, the court continued to push American law toward the right — including in its historic decisions last week on affirmative action and gay rights .
1 kwi 2024 · The Court’s newest conservative justices, Trump’s appointees – Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett – have already made inroads with the Court’s liberal justices in closely divided cases. Barrett has shared majorities in three 5-4 decisions with Justices Kagan and Sotomayor: in Becerra v.
1 lip 2023 · Wade protection for abortion rights, the same six members of the U.S. Supreme Court have banned affirmative action — the explicit use of race as a factor in college admissions.
8 lut 2024 · Conservatives hold a 6-3 majority on top court, which has the final word on highly contentious laws.
30 cze 2023 · The Supreme Court ended its term this week with a flurry of decisions that underlined the sharp political and ideological divides between the six conservative judges and their three liberal...
