Targetpoint’s visualization of the Idealogical History of the U.S. Supreme Court

TargetPoint has built an interesting visualization of the Ideological History of the Supreme court based on decisions from 1937-2007, on a scale rating them from Liberal (blue) to Conservative (red).  It’s a pretty big visualization, but an interesting way to see at glance the lean of the various justices and their tenures.

The Ideological History of the Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) – TargetPoint.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .