William J. Brennan, Jr.
William J. Brennan, Jr. is in the ideology file. Vote totals for the full service are not in this fixture.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brennan | 1956 | -0.621 |
| Brennan | 1957 | -0.746 |
| Brennan | 1958 | -0.745 |
| Brennan | 1959 | -0.905 |
| Brennan | 1960 | -0.916 |
| Brennan | 1961 | -0.771 |
| Brennan | 1962 | -1.014 |
| Brennan | 1963 | -0.877 |
| Brennan | 1964 | -0.742 |
| Brennan | 1965 | -0.900 |
| Brennan | 1966 | -1.053 |
| Brennan | 1967 | -1.098 |
| Brennan | 1968 | -0.973 |
| Brennan | 1969 | -0.885 |
| Brennan | 1970 | -0.988 |
| Brennan | 1971 | -1.142 |
| Brennan | 1972 | -1.408 |
| Brennan | 1973 | -1.746 |
| Brennan | 1974 | -2.027 |
| Brennan | 1975 | -2.602 |
| Brennan | 1976 | -2.891 |
| Brennan | 1977 | -3.007 |
| Brennan | 1978 | -2.992 |
| Brennan | 1979 | -2.955 |
| Brennan | 1980 | -2.806 |
| Brennan | 1981 | -2.787 |
| Brennan | 1982 | -2.626 |
| Brennan | 1983 | -2.933 |
| Brennan | 1984 | -3.141 |
| Brennan | 1985 | -3.245 |
| Brennan | 1986 | -3.506 |
| Brennan | 1987 | -3.591 |
| Brennan | 1988 | -3.691 |
| Brennan | 1989 | -3.732 |
| Court median | 1956 | 0.260 |
| Court median | 1957 | 0.610 |
| Court median | 1958 | 0.544 |
| Court median | 1959 | 0.434 |
| Court median | 1960 | 0.535 |
| Court median | 1961 | 0.178 |
| Court median | 1962 | -0.814 |
| Court median | 1963 | -0.877 |
| Court median | 1964 | -0.607 |
| Court median | 1965 | -0.608 |
| Court median | 1966 | -0.315 |
| Court median | 1967 | -0.961 |
| Court median | 1968 | -0.971 |
| Court median | 1969 | 0.183 |
| Court median | 1970 | 0.590 |
| Court median | 1971 | 0.777 |
| Court median | 1972 | 1.055 |
| Court median | 1973 | 0.610 |
| Court median | 1974 | 0.618 |
| Court median | 1975 | 0.537 |
| Court median | 1976 | 0.492 |
| Court median | 1977 | 0.272 |
| Court median | 1978 | 0.108 |
| Court median | 1979 | 0.146 |
| Court median | 1980 | 0.068 |
| Court median | 1981 | 0.017 |
| Court median | 1982 | 0.467 |
| Court median | 1983 | 0.751 |
| Court median | 1984 | 0.676 |
| Court median | 1985 | 0.792 |
| Court median | 1986 | 0.755 |
| Court median | 1987 | 0.955 |
| Court median | 1988 | 1.030 |
| Court median | 1989 | 0.795 |
Where Brennan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Amendment | 0.839 | 5088 | |
| Civil Rights | 0.832 | 5088 | |
| Criminal Procedure | 0.763 | 5088 | |
| Due Process | 0.756 | 5088 | |
| Federal Taxation | 0.711 | 5088 | |
| Economic Activity | 0.701 | 5088 | |
| Federalism | 0.674 | 5088 | |
| Unions | 0.655 | 5088 | |
| Judicial Power | 0.420 | 5088 |
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