The Supreme Courtroom will proceed to have a stable conservative majority even with Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement.
Methods to learn the chart: An evaluation by political scientists Andrew Martin and Kevin Quinn, often known as the Martin-Quinn Rating, locations judges on an ideological spectrum. A decrease rating signifies a extra liberal justice, whereas the next rating signifies a extra conservative justice.
Breyer had the second-most liberal rating (-1.901), with Justice Sonia Sotomayor being essentially the most liberal (-3.959), per a measure that rating judges on a liberal-conservative spectrum.
- Most liberal: Sonia Sotomayor (-3.959)
- Stephen Breyer (-1.901)
- Elena Kagan (-1.508)
- John Roberts (0.506)
- Brett Kavanaugh (0.548)
- Amy Coney Barrett (1.011)
- Neil Gorsuch (1.11)
- Samuel Alito (2.162)
- Most conservative: Clarence Thomas (3.03)
How justices voted on Roe v. Wade
- The Supreme Courtroom issued a 6-3 ruling overturning Roe on June 24.
- Alito wrote the court docket’s opinion. Becoming a member of him had been Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett.
- Roberts voted with the bulk however indicated he would’ve stopped in need of absolutely overturning Roe.
- The court docket’s three liberal members — Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan — dissented.
Editor’s notice: This story has been up to date to incorporate Amy Coney Barrett, utilizing a brand new evaluation and scoring system, and knowledge on how the justices voted on Roe v. Wade.
