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Majority and Minority Voting by Justice

Majority and Minority Voting by Justice
Variable Name
Spaeth Name
Normalizations
majority
HARM – BRYM
2 [ view ]

Analysts commonly want to know the frequency with which given justices vote with the majority and/or in dissent overall or in certain sets of circumstances. This variable provides that information for each justice.

This variable appears in the Justice Centered Datasets only.

Values:

1dissent
2majority