President-Elect Trump and His Possible Justices

(Covered in the New York Times, "Where Neil Gorsuch Would Fit on the Supreme Court," January 31, 2017 by Alicia Parlapiano & Karen Yourish)

Lee Epstein
Andrew D. Martin
Kevin Quinn

In the same left-right (liberal-conservative) policy space, we locate President-Elect Trump’s possible nominees to the Supreme Court, the current justices, and several highly salient decisions. The goal is to consider how the Court (and, ultimately, the law) could change depending on Trump’s picks to replace Justice Scalia and other justices who may depart during his presidency.

Click here for the study (.pdf)
Click here for the data (.xlsx)
Click here for our earlier study, which includes possible Clinton and Trump nominees.