The Supreme Court Compendium: Two Centuries of Data, Decisions, and Developments, 7th ed.
CQ Press/Sage (2022)

Lee Epstein, Jeffrey A. Segal, Harold J. Spaeth, and Thomas G. Walker

Description (from CQ)
The Supreme Court Compendium is the only reference that presents historical and statistical information on every important aspect of the U.S. Supreme Court, including its history, development as an institution, the justices’ backgrounds, nominations, and confirmations, and the Court’s relationship with the public and other governmental and judicial bodies.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Supreme Court: An Institutional Perspective
Chapter 2. The Supreme Court’s Review Process, Caseload, and Cases
Chapter 3. The Supreme Court’s Opinion, Decision, and Outcome Trends
Chapter 4. The Justices: Backgrounds, Nominations, and Confirmations
Chapter 5. The Justices: Post-Confirmation Activities and Departures from the Court
Chapter 6. The Justices: Oral Arguments, Votes, and Opinions
Chapter 7. The Supreme Court: Its Political and Legal Environments
Chapter 8. The Supreme Court and Public Opinion

Click here for a data base containing a wealth of information on individuals nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States. Specifically, the database houses 357 variables, falling roughly into five categories: identifiers, background characteristics and personal attributes, nominations, service on the Court, and departures from the bench.



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