100 Years of the Court’s Center
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White 1915-1920 Taft 1921-1928 Hughes 1929-1940 Stone 1941-1945 Vinson 1946-1952 Warren 1953-1968 Burger 1969-1985 Rehnquist 1986-2004 Roberts 2005-2014
Alignment Republican Democrat 100 Years of the Court’s Center
Each dot is one October Term from 1915 through 2014. Select a Court to highlight its terms and show their years. The horizontal axis shows ideology from progressive to conservative. The vertical axis shows alignment from Democratic to Republican.
1915 · White Court 1915 1916 · White Court 1916 1917 · White Court 1917 1918 · White Court 1918 1919 · White Court 1919 1920 · White Court 1920 1921 · Taft Court 1921 1922 · Taft Court 1922 1923 · Taft Court 1923 1924 · Taft Court 1924 1925 · Taft Court 1925 1926 · Taft Court 1926 1927 · Taft Court 1927 1928 · Taft Court 1928 1929 · Hughes Court 1929 1930 · Hughes Court 1930 1931 · Hughes Court 1931 1932 · Hughes Court 1932 1933 · Hughes Court 1933 1934 · Hughes Court 1934 1935 · Hughes Court 1935 1936 · Hughes Court 1936 1937 · Hughes Court 1937 1938 · Hughes Court 1938 1939 · Hughes Court 1939 1940 · Hughes Court 1940 1941 · Stone Court 1941 1942 · Stone Court 1942 1943 · Stone Court 1943 1944 · Stone Court 1944 1945 · Stone Court 1945 1946 · Vinson Court 1946 1947 · Vinson Court 1947 1948 · Vinson Court 1948 1949 · Vinson Court 1949 1950 · Vinson Court 1950 1951 · Vinson Court 1951 1952 · Vinson Court 1952 1953 · Warren Court 1953 1954 · Warren Court 1954 1955 · Warren Court 1955 1956 · Warren Court 1956 1957 · Warren Court 1957 1958 · Warren Court 1958 1959 · Warren Court 1959 1960 · Warren Court 1960 1961 · Warren Court 1961 1962 · Warren Court 1962 1963 · Warren Court 1963 1964 · Warren Court 1964 1965 · Warren Court 1965 1966 · Warren Court 1966 1967 · Warren Court 1967 1968 · Warren Court 1968 1969 · Burger Court 1969 1970 · Burger Court 1970 1971 · Burger Court 1971 1972 · Burger Court 1972 1973 · Burger Court 1973 1974 · Burger Court 1974 1975 · Burger Court 1975 1976 · Burger Court 1976 1977 · Burger Court 1977 1978 · Burger Court 1978 1979 · Burger Court 1979 1980 · Burger Court 1980 1981 · Burger Court 1981 1982 · Burger Court 1982 1983 · Burger Court 1983 1984 · Burger Court 1984 1985 · Burger Court 1985 1986 · Rehnquist Court 1986 1987 · Rehnquist Court 1987 1988 · Rehnquist Court 1988 1989 · Rehnquist Court 1989 1990 · Rehnquist Court 1990 1991 · Rehnquist Court 1991 1992 · Rehnquist Court 1992 1993 · Rehnquist Court 1993 1994 · Rehnquist Court 1994 1995 · Rehnquist Court 1995 1996 · Rehnquist Court 1996 1997 · Rehnquist Court 1997 1998 · Rehnquist Court 1998 1999 · Rehnquist Court 1999 2000 · Rehnquist Court 2000 2001 · Rehnquist Court 2001 2002 · Rehnquist Court 2002 2003 · Rehnquist Court 2003 2004 · Rehnquist Court 2004 2005 · Roberts Court 2005 2006 · Roberts Court 2006 2007 · Roberts Court 2007 2008 · Roberts Court 2008 2009 · Roberts Court 2009 2010 · Roberts Court 2010 2011 · Roberts Court 2011 2012 · Roberts Court 2012 2013 · Roberts Court 2013 2014 · Roberts Court 2014 Progressive Ideology Conservative
The x axis shows the ideology of the Court based on the outcome of its decisions, as measured by the Martin-Quinn score. The y axis shows how the outcomes of its decisions matched with contemporary party views.
