This page contains data pertaining to specific empirical measures used frequently by scholars of law and courts.

Ideology of U.S. Appeals Court Judges

For more information pertaining to the development of these ideology scores (and to list the proper citation) please refer to the following article:

Giles, Micheal W., Virginia A. Hettinger, and Todd C. Peppers. 2001. "Picking Federal Judges: A Note on Policy and Partisan Selection Agendas." Political Research Quarterly 54 (September): 623-641.

GHP Scores (in stata format)