Justices’ ideological outlooks directly produce their voting patterns.
Evidence
According to Jeffrey Segal and Harold Spaeth, “Rehnquist votes the way he does because he is extremely conservative; Marshall voted the way he did because he was extremely liberal.” — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1312
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Sitting justices rarely change views, so screening nominees works — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 540; Party affiliation predicts judicial votes across court levels but only imperfectly. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1314; Judicial decisions result from attitudes, role conceptions, and institutional constraints interacting together. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1286 (+9 more)
Broader Connections
- Judicial votes systematically divide along liberal and conservative lines
#exemplifies(0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2579 - Judicial decisions are governed by beliefs about facts and rules
#complicates(0.80) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 160 - Judges’ role conceptions can override their personal moral beliefs in voting
#contradicts(0.80) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1325 - Party affiliation reliably predicts how state court judges decide cases
#corroborates(0.80) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 432 - Political selection fills the courts with judges holding established partisan views
#qualifies(0.75) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2571 - Court composition, public opinion, and justice attitudes explain the Bowers-to-Lawrence reversal.
#corroborates(0.75) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1210 - Lower court judges shaped by local politics can blunt a Supreme Court mandate.
#complicates(0.72) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1545 - Generational events shape judicial attitudes along with everyone else’s.
#expands(0.70) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1306 - Court structure shapes which policy issues a supreme court can address.
#complicates(0.70) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 441