A Reexamination of the Justices' Policy Positions

• In Event: Cultural Theory Working Group: Measurement in Judicial Politics

Brief Overview

This paper reconsiders the use of the liberal/conservative vote to describe the ideological positions of the members of the Supreme Court. It offers an alternative measurement strategy that better estimates the justices' policy preferences.

Authors

• Kevin T. McGuire, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Georg Vanberg, Duke University