Monday, July 18, 2005

Is Janice Rodgers Brown a liberal judge?

Todd Zwycki comments on a study of decisions by six judges who are considered Supreme Court possibilities. The ranking from the study is not what I would have expected with Janice Rodgers Brown the least conservative and Wilkinson the most.

Judge

Composite Ideology

Janice Rodgers Brown (SCOCA)

59.9

Frank Easterbrook

68.8

Emilio Garza

70.4

Edith Jones

71.3

J. Michael Luttig

68.2

J. Harvie Wilkinson

79.5

U.S. Court of Appeals Average

64.4


There are three components: criminal justice, civil rights and liberties, and economic and labor regulation. It may be that Janice Rodgers Brown's score reflects different sorts of cases heard in California's Supreme Court or perhaps just different law being applied.

1 Comments:

Blogger Shmuli said...

Roberts had not been judging long enough for reliable results.

1:03 PM

 

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