Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor is in the ideology file. Vote totals for the full service are not in this fixture.
Ideology over time
Martin-Quinn score by term against the Court median. Negative is liberal. Scores are relative to the docket. Intervals are not in this file. A single term is noisy.
Table
| series | term | martin_quinn |
|---|---|---|
| O'Connor | 1981 | 1.502 |
| O'Connor | 1982 | 1.651 |
| O'Connor | 1983 | 1.590 |
| O'Connor | 1984 | 1.456 |
| O'Connor | 1985 | 1.234 |
| O'Connor | 1986 | 1.329 |
| O'Connor | 1987 | 1.510 |
| O'Connor | 1988 | 1.441 |
| O'Connor | 1989 | 1.428 |
| O'Connor | 1990 | 1.011 |
| O'Connor | 1991 | 0.567 |
| O'Connor | 1992 | 0.704 |
| O'Connor | 1993 | 0.874 |
| O'Connor | 1994 | 0.663 |
| O'Connor | 1995 | 0.697 |
| O'Connor | 1996 | 0.816 |
| O'Connor | 1997 | 0.902 |
| O'Connor | 1998 | 0.773 |
| O'Connor | 1999 | 0.724 |
| O'Connor | 2000 | 0.480 |
| O'Connor | 2001 | 0.302 |
| O'Connor | 2002 | 0.220 |
| O'Connor | 2003 | 0.169 |
| O'Connor | 2004 | 0.076 |
| O'Connor | 2005 | -0.039 |
| Court median | 1981 | 0.017 |
| Court median | 1982 | 0.467 |
| Court median | 1983 | 0.751 |
| Court median | 1984 | 0.676 |
| Court median | 1985 | 0.792 |
| Court median | 1986 | 0.755 |
| Court median | 1987 | 0.955 |
| Court median | 1988 | 1.030 |
| Court median | 1989 | 0.795 |
| Court median | 1990 | 0.963 |
| Court median | 1991 | 0.576 |
| Court median | 1992 | 0.704 |
| Court median | 1993 | 0.742 |
| Court median | 1994 | 0.663 |
| Court median | 1995 | 0.573 |
| Court median | 1996 | 0.692 |
| Court median | 1997 | 0.636 |
| Court median | 1998 | 0.737 |
| Court median | 1999 | 0.724 |
| Court median | 2000 | 0.480 |
| Court median | 2001 | 0.302 |
| Court median | 2002 | 0.220 |
| Court median | 2003 | 0.169 |
| Court median | 2004 | 0.076 |
| Court median | 2005 | 0.189 |
Where O'Connor came down, by issue
Share of votes coded liberal. The first-run issue table suppresses cells under 25 votes and does not publish a separate Court rate for this justice. Direction before 1946 is excluded.
Table
| issue | justice_liberal | court_liberal | n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Taxation | 0.595 | 2798 | |
| Federalism | 0.488 | 2798 | |
| Economic Activity | 0.467 | 2798 | |
| Civil Rights | 0.416 | 2798 | |
| First Amendment | 0.416 | 2798 | |
| Unions | 0.414 | 2798 | |
| Due Process | 0.402 | 2798 | |
| Judicial Power | 0.387 | 2798 | |
| Criminal Procedure | 0.263 | 2798 |
At oral argument stage 3
Words per argument, questions to each side, interruptions given and received, and whether the side questioned more went on to lose. Formats are never pooled.
Source: Oyez speaker turns
Writing style stage 2
Words per opinion, reading grade, citations per thousand words, and the share of case versus statutory citations.
Source: CourtListener opinion text
Reasoning profile stage 6
Which reasoning techniques appear, against the Court average over the same terms. Validation accuracy prints beside the chart.
Source: Taxonomy classifier over opinion text
Before the Court stage 8
Pre-appointment opinions, reversal record and panel agreement.
Source: CourtListener, labeled by coverage