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Roberts’ Reign: The Conservative Court Justices and Their Ideological Shifts

ROBERTS' REIGN ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2005, LESS THAN ONE MONTH AFTER WILLIAM H. REHNOUISTS DEATH, THE CONSERVATIVE JOHN G. ROBERTS, JR. WAS CONFIRMED BY THE US. SENATE TO ASSUME RENNGUISTr'S VACANT SEAT AS THE I7TH CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, AT THE AGE OF s0, HE BECAME THE YOUNGEST 1O LEAD THE BENCH SINCE I01. SINCE THE ROBERTS COURT CAME INTO SESSION, TRENDS HANE SUGCESTED A GENERAL RIGHTWARD SHIFT AMONG MOST OF THE JUSTICES (DESPITE THE HEALTH CARE RULING). THE REASONS ARE MANIFOLD. FROM ROBERTS' INFLUENCE TO THE CONSERVATIVE U.S. SUPREME COURT THE REPLACEMENT OF MODERATE JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR WITH THE MORE CONSERVATIVE JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO. UNDER CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS WHAT IMPLICATIONS D0 THESE CHANGES NAVE ON THE DOCTRINAL LEANING OF THE COURT AND FUTURE LEGISLATION? THE ROBERTS COURT JUSTICES AND THEIR IDEOLOGICAL SHIFTS COMPARING THE COURTS Wieh the exception of Justice Thomas and Justice Scala-who have remained on the far right during most of their At its most liberal point over the past six decades, just a litle more than 20 percent of all the Supreme tenure-al of the justices, both liberal and conservative, have grown more conservative in their voting records over APPOINTED BY A Court's non-ananimous decisions were conservative leaning Now, more than 60 percent are, making Chief REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT APPOINTED BY A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT the last few years. This opposes the popular assumption that justice ideologies don't fluctuate much during their terms. Justice Roberts" court the mest conservative since the early 1970s. • PERCENT OF ALL RULINGS THAT WERE CONSERVATIVE IN NON-UNANIMOUS DECISIONS MOST CONSERATIVE CLARENCE THOMAS 3.00 ANTONIN SCALIA SAL ANTHONY ,R 235 ANTHONY M. KENNI 134 JONkoERTS RET DAVO 1OUTE KAGAN .52 .00 2000 TH BABER CINSUeG -1.35 WARREN COURT BURGER COURT REHNOUIST COURT ROBERTS COURT (1953 - 19 I6 - 2005) (2005 - PRESENT) THE MARTIN-QUINN IDEOLOGY SCORE STEPHENG. REYER Usinga dynamic item response theory model and historie conservative versus liberal rulings, Andrew Martin from Washington University's School of La and Kevin Quinn ELENA KAGAN from the UC Berkeley School of Law were able to entimate ideology scores for all of the juntices. SOURCES. ANDREW D. MARTIN AND KEVIN. GUINN. 2002. DYNAMIC IDEAL POINT ESTIMATION VIA WARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO FOR THE S. SUPREME COURT, 1953-1. POLITICAL ANALYSIS. 18.134-153. I THE SUPREME COURT DATABASE I NORTHNESTERN UNIVERSITY LAN REVEN I SUPREMECOURT.COV "Aitheugh appeinted by Republican presidents, beth retired justices Stevens and Souter increasingly found themselves aligning with the court's left wing. Later, they would become more conservative. MOST LIBERAL A COLLABORATION BETWEEN GOOD AND COLUMN FIVE

Roberts’ Reign: The Conservative Court Justices and Their Ideological Shifts

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Since the Roberts Court came into session, trends have suggested a general rightward shift among most of the justices (despite the health care ruling). The reasons are manifold: from Roberts’ influe...

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