Antonin Scalia
In October Term 2014, a single noisy term, Scalia voted with the majority in 48% of divided cases and 68% of all cases. The comparison is the other justices on that bench.
Ideology over time
Martin-Quinn score by term against the Court median. Negative is liberal. Scores are relative to the docket. Intervals are not in this file. A single term is noisy.
Table
| series | term | martin_quinn |
|---|---|---|
| Scalia | 1986 | 1.422 |
| Scalia | 1987 | 1.572 |
| Scalia | 1988 | 1.709 |
| Scalia | 1989 | 1.889 |
| Scalia | 1990 | 2.055 |
| Scalia | 1991 | 2.374 |
| Scalia | 1992 | 2.393 |
| Scalia | 1993 | 2.469 |
| Scalia | 1994 | 2.698 |
| Scalia | 1995 | 2.947 |
| Scalia | 1996 | 3.167 |
| Scalia | 1997 | 3.251 |
| Scalia | 1998 | 3.260 |
| Scalia | 1999 | 3.371 |
| Scalia | 2000 | 3.404 |
| Scalia | 2001 | 3.295 |
| Scalia | 2002 | 3.036 |
| Scalia | 2003 | 2.837 |
| Scalia | 2004 | 2.604 |
| Scalia | 2005 | 2.579 |
| Scalia | 2006 | 2.631 |
| Scalia | 2007 | 2.559 |
| Scalia | 2008 | 2.521 |
| Scalia | 2009 | 2.489 |
| Scalia | 2010 | 2.330 |
| Scalia | 2011 | 2.275 |
| Scalia | 2013 | 1.953 |
| Scalia | 2014 | 1.950 |
| Court median | 1986 | 0.755 |
| Court median | 1987 | 0.955 |
| Court median | 1988 | 1.030 |
| Court median | 1989 | 0.795 |
| Court median | 1990 | 0.963 |
| Court median | 1991 | 0.576 |
| Court median | 1992 | 0.704 |
| Court median | 1993 | 0.742 |
| Court median | 1994 | 0.663 |
| Court median | 1995 | 0.573 |
| Court median | 1996 | 0.692 |
| Court median | 1997 | 0.636 |
| Court median | 1998 | 0.737 |
| Court median | 1999 | 0.724 |
| Court median | 2000 | 0.480 |
| Court median | 2001 | 0.302 |
| Court median | 2002 | 0.220 |
| Court median | 2003 | 0.169 |
| Court median | 2004 | 0.076 |
| Court median | 2005 | 0.189 |
| Court median | 2006 | 0.413 |
| Court median | 2007 | 0.317 |
| Court median | 2008 | 0.565 |
| Court median | 2009 | 0.572 |
| Court median | 2010 | 0.679 |
| Court median | 2011 | 0.436 |
| Court median | 2013 | 0.465 |
| Court median | 2014 | 0.470 |
Where Scalia came down, by issue
Share of votes coded liberal. The first-run issue table suppresses cells under 25 votes and does not publish a separate Court rate for this justice. Direction before 1946 is excluded.
Table
| issue | justice_liberal | court_liberal | n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Taxation | 0.691 | 2755 | |
| Federalism | 0.519 | 2755 | |
| Economic Activity | 0.462 | 2755 | |
| Due Process | 0.349 | 2755 | |
| Judicial Power | 0.332 | 2755 | |
| Unions | 0.314 | 2755 | |
| First Amendment | 0.307 | 2755 | |
| Civil Rights | 0.292 | 2755 | |
| Criminal Procedure | 0.280 | 2755 |
At oral argument stage 3
Words per argument, questions to each side, interruptions given and received, and whether the side questioned more went on to lose. Formats are never pooled.
Source: Oyez speaker turns
Writing style stage 2
Words per opinion, reading grade, citations per thousand words, and the share of case versus statutory citations.
Source: CourtListener opinion text
Reasoning profile stage 6
Which reasoning techniques appear, against the Court average over the same terms. Validation accuracy prints beside the chart.
Source: Taxonomy classifier over opinion text
Before the Court stage 8
Pre-appointment opinions, reversal record and panel agreement.
Source: CourtListener, labeled by coverage