This is average new JCS for panel excluding Judge whose vote were modeling. E.g., for judge_num=1, this is the average of judge_num 2 and judge_num 3's new JCS. Note this excludes non_appellate judges because no new JCS
Because I don't have new JCS scores for judges sitting by designation, this is the panel mean without them. E.g., normally the mean would have J1+J2+J3/3. In the case of non-appellat judges, the mean is J1+J2/2.
See JCS1 do file
These are the new JCS scores, from Poole (going back to 1800), developed by Chad.
July 12, 2009 version
This is circuit ideology using Poole's new common space scores, which go back to 1800 (developed by Chad)
This is dec_year-birth_yr
This is based on Keith Poole's new common space, dw-nominate scores that go all the way back to the 1800s. They are attached to the party of the nominating president,
Designed to indicate if the judge is, say, a district court judge sitting by designation
Missing if lower court's decision was mixed (both plaintiff and defendant lost and won on some points).
Only for white collar and ordinary crime datasets
enter the name of the law school from which the judge received his/her JD (not LLM or JSD)
Year judge took senior status. If never took senior status, enter the date of termination. If still active, enter 9999.
If still on bench or if senior status, leave blank.
State or federal
Not criminal (0) are all areas except datasets 8/9. If dataset 8/9=1
generate sr_judge=1 if dec_year>sr_yr
Over 65 doesn't include 65. =1 if judge_age>65