Possible Presidents and Their Possible Justices

(Covered in the New York Times, "How Clinton's or Trump's Nominees Could Affect the Balance of the Supreme Court," September 25, 2016)

Lee Epstein
Andrew D. Martin
Kevin Quinn

We locate the presidential candidates, the current Justices, possible nominees to the Supreme Court, and several highly salient Court cases in the same left-right (liberal-conservative) policy space. The goal is to consider how the Court (and, ultimately, the law) could change depending on whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump is the next President.

Click here for the study (.pdf)
Click here for the data (.zip file)