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« on: June 20, 2007, 12:07:04 AM »
My democratic candidates thread got me thinking

From left to right
In no particular order
Ginsberg
Souter
Stevens
Alito
Roberts
Thomas
Breyer
Kennedy
Scalia
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« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2007, 03:20:50 AM »
Liberal
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer
John Paul Stevens
David Souter

Conservative
Anthony Kennedy

Constitutionalist/Far-Right
Clarence Thomas
Antonin Scalia

Corporatist
John Roberts
Sam Alito
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« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2007, 01:24:37 PM »
Liberal
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer
John Paul Stevens
David Souter

Swing Vote
Anthony Kennedy

Conservative
Clarence Thomas
Antonin Scalia
John Roberts
Sam Alito

Not in that order, just rough classifications, which is better than the previous court that was three conservative votes and two swing votes.
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« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2007, 03:40:52 PM »
I am unsure that Roberts is really that conservative in comparsion to the others:

Far-Left Liberals
John Paul Stevens
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Moderate Liberals
Stephen Breyer
David Souter

Swing Vote
Anthony Kennedy

Moderate Conservatives
John Roberts

Far-Right Conservatives (Constitutionalists)
Clarance Thomas
Sam Alito
Antonin Scalia
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« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2007, 05:44:02 PM »
« Edited: August 02, 2007, 10:08:56 PM by Lt. Gov. South Park Conservative »
Most Activist

Ginsburg
Stevens
Breyer
Souter
Kennedy
Roberts
Alito
Scalia
Thomas

Most Constitutionalist
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« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2007, 04:02:29 PM »
Liberal:
Ginsburg
Souter
Stevens
Breyer

Moderate:
Kennedy

Conservative:
Scalia
Roberts
Alito
Thomas
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« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2007, 08:53:17 PM »
Yeah. Kennedy is usually the voice of the court. Though many consider him to be a pompous ass.
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« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2007, 08:54:56 PM »
Stevens
Ginsburg
Breyer
Souter

LARGE GAP

Kennedy

GAP

Thomas
Scalia
Roberts
Alito
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« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2007, 10:24:44 PM »
Quote from: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on July 30, 2007, 08:54:56 PM
Stevens
Ginsburg
Breyer
Souter

LARGE GAP

Kennedy

GAP

Thomas
Scalia
Roberts
Alito

Kelo v. New London?
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« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2007, 11:24:10 AM »

Liberal

Ginsberg
Souter

Liberal Center

Breyer

Center

Stevens
Kennedy

Center Conservative

Alito
Roberts

Conservative
Thomas
Scalia

It probably has tilted to the right a bit, from Center to Center Conservative, but I actually think it's more evenly divided than the Rehnquist court.  I would put O'Conner as a Centrist and  Rehnquist as a Center Conservative (but very close to a Conservative)  I don't think Roberts is that far to the right.
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« Reply #10 on: August 02, 2007, 10:58:54 AM »
ArchLiberal

Liberal
Ginsburg
Stevens

Centrist
Souter
Breyer

Conservative
Kennedy

ArchConservative
Roberts
Alito
Scalia
Thomas
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« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2007, 08:44:43 PM »
Moderate Centrist

Ginsberg
Souter
Breyer
Stevens

Conservative

Kennedy

Right-wing extremist
Alito
Roberts
Thomas
Scalia
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« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2007, 03:04:36 PM »
Batsh**t crazy
Scalia
Alito
Thomas

Kinda nuts but o.k.
Roberts
Kennedy

Decent types
Souter
Breyer
Stevens

Should go away
Ginsberg
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« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2007, 06:45:59 PM »
I'm going to answer this like everyone in the world is a liberal (since liberals seem to have done that here in a lot of circumstances)

Centrist
Alito, Scalia, Thomas

Liberal
Roberts

Far-Left
Kennedy

Extremist Radical Leftist
Souter, Breyer

Bleeding Heart Communist
Ginsburg, Stevens
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« Reply #14 on: August 08, 2007, 08:27:51 AM »
Liberal

Souter
JP Stevens
Ginnsberg

Center left
Breyer

Center right
Alito
Kennedy
Roberts

Conservative
Thomas
Scalia
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« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2007, 10:59:35 AM »
Center-Left:  Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer

Center-Right: Kennedy

Somewhere in the Conservative Zone:  Roberts, Alito

Radical Right:  Scalia, Thomas


Roberts and Alito have not been on the Court long enough for us to get a clear picture of how they may evolve.  The Sandra Day O'Connor of the early 80s was considerably more conservative than the O'Connor who retired in 2006.  It seems unlikely that either Roberts or Alito will join Kennedy in the Center-Right but whether they will be typical conservatives in the mold of William Rehnquist or join the Radical Right Thomas/Scalia axis remains to be seen.

None of the progressive wing in the current Court could be considered as extreme as Scalia or Thomas.  If you are looking for their liberal mirror images, now dead Justices William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall were as liberal as Scalia and Thomas are conservative. 
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« Reply #16 on: October 20, 2007, 02:27:22 PM »
Quote from: Ogre Mage on October 20, 2007, 10:59:35 AM
None of the progressive wing in the current Court could be considered as extreme as Scalia or Thomas.  If you are looking for their liberal mirror images, now dead Justices William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall were as liberal as Scalia and Thomas are conservative. 

I totally disagree.  Scalia and Thomas are not extremists, and neither were Brennan and Marshall.  Brennan and Marshall were liberals.
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