Supreme Court Justices Disaggregated Liberalism in Civil Liberties Cases 1937-1994

Justice

Terms

First 4

5-10

11-20

Over 20

Black

55.1

61.5

80.7

71.7

Reed

61.1

43.2

35.2

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Frankfurter

56.2

49.8

60.1

37.4

Douglas

59.0

64.7

82.6

91.7

Murphy

68.3

81.4

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Jackson

51.5

37.9

45.5

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Rutledge

69.2

77.2

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Burton

38.5

42.1

31.8

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Vinson

34.9

39.6

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Clark

40.7

37.8

45.5

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Minton

36.8

29.6

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Warren

65.1

83.4

78.5

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Harlan

46.6

37.6

43.8

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Brennan

75.2

80.1

79.9

79.4

Whitaker

41.8

40.5

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Stewart

50.3

56.1

50.9

40.7

White

60.3

50.3

42.8

35.1

Goldberg

89.6

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Fortas

82.0

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Marshall

76.8

81.7

80

86.7

Burger

30.5

28.3

29.1

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Blackmun

35.7

41.7

59.7

75.7

Powell

40.8

37.7

34.5

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Rehnquista

22.9

16.1

20.4

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Stevens

56.6

57.9

68.9

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O’Connor

31.6

31.7

47.0

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Rehnquistb

20.2

26.8

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Scalia

29.9

29.4

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Kennedy

31.3

42.9

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Souter

50.2

73.2

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Thomas

27.0

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Ginsburg

61.4

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Breyer

63.4

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aRehnquist Votes as Nixon Appointee
bRehnquist Votes as Reagan Appointee



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