Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Southern California Law Review
Publication Date
1996
Page Number
63
Keywords
judges, judicial power, US Supreme Court, Frank-Shapley index
Disciplines
Judges | Jurisprudence | Law | Supreme Court of the United States
Abstract
We analyze the relative voting power of the Justices based upon Supreme Court decisions during October Term 1994 and October Term 1995. We take two approaches, both based on ideas derived from cooperative game theory. One of the measures we use has been used in connection with voting rights cases. After naming the Most Dangerous Justice, we conclude by identifying and explaining the inverse relationship between seniority and voting power.
Recommended Citation
Paul H. Edelman and Jim Chen,
The Most Dangerous Justice: The Supreme Court at the Bar of Mathematics, 70 Southern California Law Review. 63
(1996)
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