Lee Epstein
Lee Epstein
court justices numbers percent sort supreme
Before 1952, more than 60 percent of all Supreme Court justices were not judges. After 1952, the numbers sort of reversed.
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I told my class the other day I have no idea what judicial activism is, ... Maybe the best definition of a judicial activist is a judge you don't like.
appointing behavior drops four high justices level rather relationship ten voting
During the first four years of justices' tenure, their voting behavior correlates at a rather high level with their appointing president's ideology, but for justices with ten or more years of service, that relationship drops precipitously,
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If their constituents think ideology is a good reason to vote against a nominee, ... they're going to vote against him.