Good Behaviour #6: "The Drift"

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Good Behaviour #6: "The Drift"

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Jul 6, 2018

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We like to think that the Supreme Court is non-political in its decision-making, but the numbers say otherwise. Lee Epstein joins us to explain how data can illustrate where a Supreme Court nominee falls on the ideological scale.

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Jul 6, 2018

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Good Behaviour #6: "The Drift"

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