Where would Merrick Garland fall on Supreme Court’s ideological spectrum?

Published March 30, 2016 6:04pm ET



New data analysis shows that Merrick Garland would be the Supreme Court’s median justice if he joined the court: To the right of the court’s four liberal justices, and to the left of the four conservative justices.

That said, Garland wouldn’t exactly be a swing vote. He clearly leans toward the left side of the court and would likely agree with Justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor more often than not.

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