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Andrew D. Martin

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Professor & Chair of Political Science in Arts & Sciences

Expertise: political methodology, Bayesian statistics, American politics, political economy

Bio:
Andrew Martin
Martin
Martin is chair of the political science department and founding director of the Center for Empirical Research in the Law (CERL) in the School of Law. He is a Resident Fellow of the Center in Political Economy, and a core faculty member of the Center for Applied Statistics, both at WUSTL. He specializes in political methodology, Bayesian statistics, and American political institutions. Supported by the National Science Foundation, his research focuses on law and courts, particularly the Supreme Court and the lower federal courts. He teaches courses on social science and statistics for lawyers in the law school, in addition to graduate and undergraduate courses in political methodology.

WUSTL Contact Information:
Work:(314) 935-5863
Fax:(314) 935-5856
E-mail:admartin@artsci.wustl.edu
Address:Campus Box 1063
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130

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Rehnquist, O'Connor poised to retire?

Study details how Bush might reshape U.S. Supreme Court (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/4135.html)

Nov. 11, 2004 --
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor
President Bush's re-election, coupled with strengthened Republican control of the Senate, has fueled speculation that the next four years could bring about dramatic shifts in political composition of the U.S. Supreme Court. While Bush may be poised to push the court in a more conservative direction, a forthcoming study suggests his ability to make dramatic ideological changes still hinges on whether he has the opportunity to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.


Presaging the Supremes

Supreme Court decisions predicted by online computer program (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/493.html)

Nov. 5, 2003 --
Supreme Court cases are now predictable, thanks to new computer model.
Supreme Court cases are now predictable, thanks to new computer model.
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As the U.S. Supreme Court moves into its new term, litigants, attorneys and the public will be closely watching its docket and speculating about its decisions. Now, thanks to the Supreme Court Forecasting Project at Washington University in St. Louis, court watchers everywhere will be able to log on to the Internet and obtain a forecast of how individual cases are likely to be decided. The project accurately predicted decisions in 75 percent of the cases heard by the Court in its last term.



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High court's recent changes may be just first act
Wall Street Journal

Feb. 1, 2006 -- Changes are ahead for the Supreme Court, whose membership held stable from the 1994 appointment of Justice Stephen Breyer through last year, which brought Justice O'Connor's announced retirement and the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist. WUSTL political science professor Andrew Martin, who co-authored a statistical analysis on the justices voting record, comments.



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Related Links:
•Martin's Web page (http://adm.wustl.edu/)
•Supreme Court Forecasting Project (http://wusct.wustl.edu/)

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