Empirically Investigating the Effects of Aging on Federal Judges

• In Event: Text as Data in Judicial Politics

Brief Overview

To examine the effects of aging, we will analyze the readability and cognitive complexity of opinions. We will examine the justices' private memos to analyze the length of time it takes them to write opinions, and how they bargain as they age.

Authors

• Ryan James Owens, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Ryan Christopher Black, Michigan State University

• Patrick C. Wohlfarth, University of Maryland-College Park