Replication Data for: The Differential Effect of War on Liberal and Conservative Judges on the U.S. Courts of Appeals

Recent research reveals judicial tendencies to decide cases more conservatively during times of war. Building on studies in political psychology, we use the observed movement in favor of increased security versus liberty in times of war on the courts to investigate differences in how liberals and conservatives are motivated by by threat concerns. We find that war conditions decision making by both liberal and conservative judges in criminal cases, but is mainly a motivational factor for liberal judges in civil liberties cases. These results suggest that ideological differences play little role in wartime decisionmaking for civil liberties cases.