Sonia Sotomayor Liberal Direction -High Case Sal. .03 .03 .16 .06 -MWC .0002 .0018 .04 .03 Conservative Dir. -High Case Sal. .00 .10 -MWC .0020 .01 Elena Kagan Liberal Direction -High Case Sal. .02 .01 .14 .04 -MWC .0017 .0014 .04 .02 Conservative Dir. -High Case Sal. .01 .10 -MWC .0003 .02 Source: U.S. Supreme Court Database According to the descriptive statistical results in Table 1, Justices Breyer, Ginsburg and Kagan ideological percentage differences on the Roberts Court were ten percent or less. When analyzing the parameters of the model in Table 2, Justices Stevens, Kennedy and Kagan’s comparison of mean differences most closely resembles the parameters of the moderate judicial decision-making model. The mean ideological difference for the aforementioned justices when comparing the High Case Salience (HCS) variable is only .01. The Minimum Winning Coalition (MWC) variable mean difference is only .0014 when comparing ideological direction for both
Sonia Sotomayor Liberal Direction -High Case Sal. -MWC Conservative Dir. -High Case Sal. -MWC .03 .0002 .00 .0020 .03 .0018 .16 .04 .10 .01 .06 .03 Elena Kagan Liberal Direction -High Case Sal. -MWC Conservative Dir. -High Case Sal. -MWC .02 .0017 .01 .0003 .01 .0014 .14 .04 .10 .02 .04 .02 Source: U.S. Supreme Court Database According to the descriptive statistical results in Table 1, Justices Breyer, Ginsburg and Kagan ideological percentage differences on the Roberts Court were ten percent or less. When analyzing the parameters of the model in Table 2, Justices Stevens, Kennedy and Kagan’s comparison of mean differences most closely resembles the parameters of the moderate judicial decision-making model. The mean ideological difference for the aforementioned justices when comparing the High Case Salience (HCS) variable is only .01. The Minimum Winning Coalition (MWC) variable mean difference is only .0014 when comparing ideological direction for both
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