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Supreme Court Justices’ and their Ideal Points

This page includes the ideal points for the Supreme Court justices estimated in the same policy space as the States Attorneys General. Negative values represent what is conventionally viewed as ideologically liberal, while positive values represent what is conventionally viewed as ideologically conservative.

Justice Ideal Point
HLBlack -1.419
SFReed 0.069
FFrankfurter 0.038
WODouglas -4.069
RHJackson 0.003
HHBurton 0.084
TCClark -0.366
SMinton -0.055
EWarren -1.477
JHarlan2 0.114
WJBrennan -1.584
CEWhittaker 0.053
PStewart -0.309
BRWhite -0.311
AJGoldberg -1.258
AFortas -1.611
TMarshall -1.817
WEBurger 0.020
HABlackmun -0.541
LFPowell -0.165
WHRehnquist 0.203
JPStevens -0.802
SDOConnor -0.056
AScalia 0.161
AMKennedy -0.066
DHSouter -0.572
CThomas 0.258
RBGinsburg -0.676
SGBreyer -0.594
JGRoberts 0.087
SAAlito 0.169
SSotomayor -0.716
EKagan -0.634