Announcement: The Concurrence Matrix
Announcing a new data analytics tool for SCOCA watchers:
a justices voting relationship matrix, available here:
a justices voting relationship matrix, available here:
Similar to the SCOTUSblog voting relationships
chart on its statistics page (scroll to the bottom),
this tool tracks the agreement rate of the justices
relative to each other as a percentage value.
The methodology is simple:
any justice who concurs in the judgment counts
as an “agree” in a given case even if that justice
writes separately. SCOTUSblog does the same,
counting agreement “in full, in part, or in judgment.”
chart on its statistics page (scroll to the bottom),
this tool tracks the agreement rate of the justices
relative to each other as a percentage value.
The methodology is simple:
any justice who concurs in the judgment counts
as an “agree” in a given case even if that justice
writes separately. SCOTUSblog does the same,
counting agreement “in full, in part, or in judgment.”
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