Gephi Force Directed Map Files, Folder 1, Part 2: Thomas Maps
Abstract
This data subset created and collected by Joseph Miller and digitally preserved here is in support of his forthcoming article "A Judge Never Writes More Freely: A Separate-Opinions Citation-Network Approach to Assessing Judicial Ideology". From the article's abstract:
"This Article is the first to apply a novel empirical method—citation network analysis—to particular appellate jurists’ separate judicial opinions (e.g., concurrences, dissents) in an effort to provide a more detailed picture of a judge’s ideological preferences. It focuses on the separate opinions of Justices Scalia and Thomas through the end of October Term 2019: they served for a similar number of years, wrote separately at similarly high rates, and were one another’s closest ideological fellow-travelers, which somewhat controls for their Martin-Quinn scores."
Recommended Citation
Miller, Joseph Scott, A Judge Never Writes More Freely: A Separate-Opinions Citation-Network Approach to Assessing Judicial Ideology (January 22, 2022). University of Georgia School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2021-15, Michigan State Law Review, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3811403 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3811403
ZIP Folder of all 11 Gephi Thomas Maps
AllCitesThomas_authoritytop5%names.png (2391 kB)
AllCitesThomas_hubtop5%names.png (2625 kB)
CoCite2_Thomas_allnames.png (4289 kB)
CoCite2_Thomas_CaseyCluster77names.png (1759 kB)
CoCite2_Thomas_top20%names.png (2627 kB)
CoCite3_Thomas_allnames.png (1784 kB)
CoCite3_Thomas_top20%names.png (1107 kB)
In1Out1_Thomas_authorityallnames.png (2767 kB)
In1Out1_Thomas_authoritytop10%names.png (763 kB)
In1Out1_Thomas_Cocite2_allnames.png (1045 kB)
In1Out1_Thomas_huballnames.png (400 kB)
The 11 items contained in this folder set are PNG (image) files including the original file name schema created by Joseph Miller. Items are titled with either "All Cites", "Co Cites", or "In Out" followed by the Justices last name. They illustrate the network analysis in the form of a graphic map generated using gephi.org (The Open and Free Graph Viz Platform).