Supreme Court Ideology

Politics
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Here is a chart indicating the legal ideology of each of the SCOTUS justices.

Listed from most conservative through least cconservative.

  1. Thomas
  2. Alito
  3. Gorsuch
  4. Kavanaugh
  5. Roberts
  6. Kagan
  7. Breyer
  8. Sotomayor
    Ginsburg was between Breyer and Sotomayor

The most conservative justice in modern history was Rehnquist (pre Chief Justice). The most liberal was William O. Douglas.

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That gorsuch graph is gonna plummet after the confirmation takes place.

3

So is Roberts.

Regardless of how many justices Trump gets to seat, decisions will still be 5-4.