William H. Rehnquist
William H. Rehnquist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rehnquist | 1971 | 3.597 |
| Rehnquist | 1972 | 3.973 |
| Rehnquist | 1973 | 4.230 |
| Rehnquist | 1974 | 4.317 |
| Rehnquist | 1975 | 4.414 |
| Rehnquist | 1976 | 4.367 |
| Rehnquist | 1977 | 4.313 |
| Rehnquist | 1978 | 4.318 |
| Rehnquist | 1979 | 4.331 |
| Rehnquist | 1980 | 4.174 |
| Rehnquist | 1981 | 4.026 |
| Rehnquist | 1982 | 3.937 |
| Rehnquist | 1983 | 3.869 |
| Rehnquist | 1984 | 3.677 |
| Rehnquist | 1985 | 3.476 |
| Rehnquist | 1986 | 3.231 |
| Rehnquist | 1987 | 2.821 |
| Rehnquist | 1988 | 2.682 |
| Rehnquist | 1989 | 2.495 |
| Rehnquist | 1990 | 2.244 |
| Rehnquist | 1991 | 1.953 |
| Rehnquist | 1992 | 1.891 |
| Rehnquist | 1993 | 1.708 |
| Rehnquist | 1994 | 1.706 |
| Rehnquist | 1995 | 1.676 |
| Rehnquist | 1996 | 1.538 |
| Rehnquist | 1997 | 1.484 |
| Rehnquist | 1998 | 1.695 |
| Rehnquist | 1999 | 1.596 |
| Rehnquist | 2000 | 1.610 |
| Rehnquist | 2001 | 1.364 |
| Rehnquist | 2002 | 1.196 |
| Rehnquist | 2003 | 1.365 |
| Rehnquist | 2004 | 1.480 |
| Court median | 1971 | 0.777 |
| Court median | 1972 | 1.055 |
| Court median | 1973 | 0.610 |
| Court median | 1974 | 0.618 |
| Court median | 1975 | 0.537 |
| Court median | 1976 | 0.492 |
| Court median | 1977 | 0.272 |
| Court median | 1978 | 0.108 |
| Court median | 1979 | 0.146 |
| Court median | 1980 | 0.068 |
| 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 |
Where Rehnquist 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 | 0.709 | 4300 | |
| Economic Activity | 0.465 | 4300 | |
| Unions | 0.418 | 4300 | |
| Federalism | 0.401 | 4300 | |
| Due Process | 0.294 | 4300 | |
| Judicial Power | 0.287 | 4300 | |
| Civil Rights | 0.258 | 4300 | |
| First Amendment | 0.219 | 4300 | |
| Criminal Procedure | 0.177 | 4300 |
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