For A Trump Nominee, Neil Gorsuch’s Record Is Surprisingly Moderate On Immigration

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/.

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

Source

See https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/tree/master/tenth-circuit

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.