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Do you think Scalia moved gradually left? I've always considered him to be insanely consistent.
by spinlock 11y ago
Do you think Scalia moved gradually left? I've always considered him to be insanely consistent.
- tptacek 11y agoSometimes "left" and "right" are useful labels, and sometimes not. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/antonin-scalia-fighter-privacy-rights-fourth-amendment http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/antonin-scalia-fighter-priva... He was intensely conservative.
- smt88 11y agoMake of this what you will: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Graph_of_Martin-Quinn_Scores_of_Supreme_Court_Justices_1937-Now.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Graph_of... As tptacek said, political labels aren't necessarily objective, so this graph would differ depending on the methodology. It's also a little harder to measure justices' leanings because there are so few data points.