Replacing Justice Kennedy

Lee Epstein, Washington University in St. Louis
Andrew D. Martin, University of Michigan
Kevin Quinn, University of Michigan

In the same left-right (liberal-conservative) policy space, we locate 24 of President Trump’s possible nominees to the Supreme Court and the current justices. The goal is to consider how the Court (and, ultimately, the law) could change depending on Trump’s pick to replace Justice Kennedy.

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