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An analysis shows Supreme Court Justices tend to get more liberal over time- especially Republican ones
https://espnfivethirtyeight.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/roeder-scoutusaging.png?w=863&h=681
Which is pretty interesting- Democratic ones are more likely to change relatively little, while Republican ones are more likely to show a shift. And it's somewhat up and down, not constant, but those are the trends.
Scalia, to mention one of the most famous, started somewhat conservative, became much more conservative in the 90s, and now is back where he started.
Thomas started conservative, got more so, got a little less, and leveled out at more conservative than he started.
Kennedy, has gone back and forth but trended more liberal.
Roberts has been on a gradual curve in that direction since he started.
Alito got more conservative, but looks to have peaked.
https://espnfivethirtyeight.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/roeder-scoutusaging.png?w=863&h=681
Which is pretty interesting- Democratic ones are more likely to change relatively little, while Republican ones are more likely to show a shift. And it's somewhat up and down, not constant, but those are the trends.
Scalia, to mention one of the most famous, started somewhat conservative, became much more conservative in the 90s, and now is back where he started.
Thomas started conservative, got more so, got a little less, and leveled out at more conservative than he started.
Kennedy, has gone back and forth but trended more liberal.
Roberts has been on a gradual curve in that direction since he started.
Alito got more conservative, but looks to have peaked.