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For A Trump Nominee, Neil Gorsuch’s Record Is Surprisingly Moderate On Immigration
Description
The raw data behind the story "For A Trump Nominee, Neil Gorsuch’s Record Is Surprisingly Moderate On Immigration" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/for-a-trump-nominee-neil-gorsuchs-record-is-surprisingly-moderate-on-immigration/.
Usage
tenth_circuit
Format
A data frame with 954 rows representing cases and 13 variables:
- title
Name of the case
- date
Date of decision
- federalreporter_cit
Case citation, as listed in the Federal Reporter Series
- westlaw_cit
Case citation, Westlaw format
- issue
Issue number, in cases divided into multiple issues
- weight
Weight per issue (total weight per case equals one)
- judge1
Name of first judge
- judge2
Name of second judge
- judge3
Name of third judge
- vote1_liberal
Vote of first judge. 1 = liberal, 0 = conservative.
- vote2_liberal
Vote of second judge. 1 = liberal, 0 = conservative.
- vote3_liberal
Vote of third judge. 1 = liberal, 0 = conservative.
- category
Category of case, immigration or discrimination
Note
In immigration cases, partial relief to immigration petitioner is coded as liberal because the petitioner typically seeks just one core remedy (e.g., withholding of removal, adjustment of status, or asylum); in discrimination cases, partial relief is coded as multiple issues because the plaintiff often seeks separate remedies under multiple claims (e.g., disparate treatment, retaliation, etc.) and different sources of law.
Source
See https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/tree/master/tenth-circuit