Supreme Court Justices Liberalism in Civil Liberties and Economics Cases 1937-1994

Justice

Civil Liberties

Economics

Black

71.2

79.8

Reed

41.1

65.1

Frankfurter

52.8

54.3

Douglas

83.9

78.8

Murphy

77.5

77.4

Jackson

43.8

52.8

Rutledge

73.3

75.1

Burton

38.2

51.9

Vinson

36.7

50.2

Clark

42.2

69.2

Minton

34.1

58.7

Warren

77.8

80.5

Harlan

42.2

41.9

Brennan

79.3

70.8

Whitaker

41.3

33.9

Stewart

50.3

47.8

White

41.8

59.7

Goldberg

89.6

62.4

Fortas

82.0

68.5

Marshall

81.2

66.6

Burger

29.1

43.2

Blackmun

52.7

56.4

Powell

37.1

46.0

Rehnquista

19.3

42.2

Stevens

62.8

58.7

O’Connor

34.6

42.7

Rehnquistb

23.1

46.5

Scalia

29.7

44.1

Kennedy

36.5

45.4

Souter

54.0

53.8

Thomas

27.0

36.5

Ginsburg

61.4

59.0

Breyer

63.4

42.9

aRehnquist Votes as Nixon Appointee
bRehnquist Votes as Reagan Appointee



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