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Visualizing the Ideological History of SCOTUS

Posted by timothy on from the you're-just-objectifying-them dept.

langelgjm writes "An interesting exercise in quantifying and visualizing ideological shifts, the website ScotusScores.com tracks changes in the ideological history of the US Supreme Court from 1937 to 2007. Ideological positions are quantified using Martin-Quinn scores, and the chart highlights the often-bumpy transitions (Thurgood Marshall to Clarence Thomas), as well as tendencies within each Justice's career."

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  1. Re:the Constitution is a Treaty by Alsee · · Score: 0, Troll

    The EPA, DOE, and many other left wing laws

    My mostly-mercury-free-lungs appear to have very left wing sympathies.

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  2. Re:I like visualization by Attila+Dimedici · · Score: 1, Troll

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    How is it that SEVEN of the nine justices who voted in favor of Brown were conservative? There's no way that case would get a unanimous decision today, and conservatives today are much more moderate on social issues than they were in the 50s. .

    That's because, despite what the way the media generally portrays things, conservatives are, typically, not racist. while liberals typically are (all the time claiming otherwise but indicating by their actions).

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