Court Analytics

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Ideological direction over time

Share of decisions coded conservative vs. liberal, by term (SCDB decisionDirection).

The 5-4 (one-vote-margin) rate

Percent of each term's decisions decided by a single vote.

Issue-area distribution

All decisions, by SCDB issue area.

Majority-opinion leaderboard

Most opinions of the Court authored, 1946–2025.

Disposition of cases

How the Court disposed of the decisions below (SCDB caseDisposition).

Chief-justice eras

Caseload and ideological tilt by Chief.

Laws struck down & precedents overruled

Justice records

Every justice 1946–2025 — participations, share in the majority, and ideological direction.

JusticeTermsCases% majority% conservative

Precedents overruled

TermCaseCitationOpinion