SCOTUS opinions and ideologies

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Ideology
Cases
Court as a whole
Defers to govt. on foreign policy
Dames and Moore v. Regan Korematsu v. US
Powell
Balancer
Matthews v. Eldridge Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways
Black
Liberal textualist
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Griswold v. Connecticut
Frankfurter
Deferential and cautious
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Thomas
Originialist/Formalist
Parents Involved v. Seattle School District US v. Lopez
White
Does not like heightened scrutiny tests
Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center San Antonio SD v. Rodriguez
Sutherland
Formalist
Carter v. Carter Coal
Cardozo
Realist
Carter v. Carter Coal
Rehnquist
Loves to limit federal power
US v. Lopez Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways
Kennedy
Middle ground/Realist
Parents Involved v. Seattle School District Lawrence v. Texas
Stevens
Realist
US v. Lopez Parents Involved v. Seattle School District
Souter
More liberal than expected
US v. Lopez
Breyer
Realist
US v. Lopez Parents Involved v. Seattle School District
Brennan
Liberal, lover of individual rights
McClesky v. Kemp
Vinson
Deferential except for racial discrimination
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Sweatt Mclaurin
O'Connor
Center, swing vote
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
Scalia
Staunch conservative, huge textualist
Morrison v. Olson
Burger
Moderate
US v. Nixon
Taney
Racist
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Warren
Not Racist
Brown v. Board Loving v. Virginia
Roberts
Conservative, but measured
Parents Involved v. Seattle School District
Douglas
Strong liberal with commitment to civil liberties
Griswold v. Connecticut
Goldberg
Broad view of Individual rights
Griswold v. Connecticut
Harlan II
Robust view of 1A
Yates Griswold v. Connecticut
Stewart
Moderate
Griswold v. Connecticut
Blackmun
Became liberal
DeShaney v. Winnebago Social Services Roe v. Wade
Harlan I
Great dissenter
Plessy v. Ferguson Lochner v. New York Civil Rights Cases
Holmes
Strong voice on 1A
Shaffer v. US Schneck v. US Abrams v. US
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