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Solicitors General & Supreme Court Justices Ideal Points

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

Solicitors General

Solicitor General Appointing President Ideal Point
SIMON E. SOBELOFF Eisenhower 0.626
J. LEE RANKIN Eisenhower -0.056
ARCHIBALD COX Kennedy -0.699
THURGOOD MARSHALL LBJ 0.033
ERWIN N. GRISWOLD LBJ 0.027
ROBERT H. BORK Nixon 0.109
DANIEL FRIEDMAN Carter -0.325
WADE H. MCCREE JR. Carter -0.225
REX LEE Reagan 0.472
CHARLES FRIED Reagan 1.136
WILLIAM C. BRYSON I Bush1 1.060
KENNETH W. STARR Bush1 0.931
WILLIAM C. BRYSON II Clinton 0.401
DREW S. DAYS Clinton -0.353
WALTER E. DELLINGER Clinton -0.977
SETH P. WAXMAN Clinton -0.007
BARBARA UNDERWOOD Bush2 -1.044
THEODORE B. OLSEN Bush2 0.826
PAUL CLEMENT Bush2 0.824
GREGORY G. GARRE Bush2 0.554
EDWIN S. KNEEDLER Bush2 0.931
ELENA KAGAN Obama 0.085
NEAL KUMAR KATYAL Obama -0.011
DONALD B. VERRILLI JR. Obama -0.166

Justices

Justice Appointing President Ideal Point
HLBlack FDR -0.950
SFReed FDR 0.381
FFrankfurter FDR 0.356
WODouglas FDR -1.963
RHJackson FDR 0.313
HHBurton Truman 0.413
TCClark Truman -0.022
SMinton Truman 0.252
EWarren Eisenhower -0.854
JHarlan2 Eisenhower 0.497
WJBrennan Eisenhower -0.821
CEWhittaker Eisenhower 0.363
PStewart Eisenhower 0.114
BRWhite Kennedy 0.174
AJGoldberg Kennedy -0.723
AFortas LBJ -1.003
TMarshall LBJ -0.900
WEBurger Nixon 0.624
HABlackmun Nixon -0.037
LFPowell Nixon 0.362
WHRehnquist Nixon 1.072
JPStevens Ford -0.243
SDOConnor Reagan 0.650
AScalia Reagan 1.379
AMKennedy Reagan 0.762
DHSouter Bush1 0.105
CThomas Bush1 1.815
RBGinsburg Clinton -0.037
SGBreyer Clinton 0.019
JGRoberts Bush2 1.209
SAAlito Bush2 1.379
SSotomayor Obama -0.005
EKagan Obama 0.052