Abstract
Although several studies examine the influence of gender in the U.S. Supreme Court, research is still unsettled regarding the overall influence of gender in the voting behavior of Supreme Court justices. Employing data from Harold Spaeth's U.S. Supreme Court Databases, I systematically examine the extent to which gender influences individual Supreme Court justices' voting decisions across four issue areas. I find that although gender does not appear to influence the voting behavior of Supreme Court justices in civil-rights cases, male and female justices vote significantly differently in cases involving sex discrimination, reproductive rights, and economic activity.
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