[EL] which branch of the federal government is most polarized?

[Mark Rush]

Strange tho.  The NYT recently said that the Roberts court is increasingly liberal.  How do your thoughts square with the data in that story ?

Cheers

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> On Jun 30, 2015, at 12:23 AM, Gaddie, Ronald K. <rkgaddie at ou.edu> wrote:
> 
> If you wish to measure polarization within an institution, you don't do it by using the two anchors of the spread at the outside. Rather, you should look to the space or gap at the center between the predominant clusters of players.
> 
> The US House is the most polarized institution. 
> 
> Ronald Keith Gaddie, Ph.D.
> President's Associates Presidential Professor
> Chair, Department of Political Science
> Associate Director, Center for Intelligence & National Security
> The University of Oklahoma
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> From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] on behalf of Thomas J. Cares [Tom at TomCares.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 9:16 PM
> To: Richard Winger
> Cc: Election Law
> Subject: Re: [EL] which branch of the federal government is most polarized?
> 
> I see more distance between Bernie Sanders and James Inhoffe than Scalia and Sotomayor.
> 
> Or if you're using occasional collaboration as the standard, the "liberals" do seem to win a decent number of the 5-4s
> 
> Thomas Cares
> 
>> On Monday, June 29, 2015, Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I would say, given that Congress and President Obama just worked together on the international trade deal, that Congress is no longer the most polarized branch of the federal government.  The US Supreme Court is the most polarized.
>>  
>> Richard Winger
>> 415-922-9779
>> PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
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