Replication Data for: "Presidential References to Executive Actions in Public Comments on Supreme Court Cases" (doi:10.7910/DVN/T7YZPN)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: "Presidential References to Executive Actions in Public Comments on Supreme Court Cases"

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/T7YZPN

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2026-02-11

Version:

Bibliographic Citation:

Collins, Paul; Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, 2026, "Replication Data for: "Presidential References to Executive Actions in Public Comments on Supreme Court Cases"", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/T7YZPN, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:p5+tbB0/FrPfCBdzk7iHIA== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for: "Presidential References to Executive Actions in Public Comments on Supreme Court Cases"

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/T7YZPN

Authoring Entity:

Collins, Paul (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha (University of North Texas)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Collins, Paul

Depositor:

Collins, Paul

Date of Deposit:

2026-02-08

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/T7YZPN

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences

Abstract:

Replication data for "Presidential References to Executive Actions in Public Comments on Supreme Court Cases"

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Access

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File Description--f13444989

File: Eshbaugh Soha and Collins Data.tab

Number of cases: 1322
No. of variables per record: 33
Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:p5+tbB0/FrPfCBdzk7iHIA==

Variable Description

List of Variables:

president - president
type - Type of Public Communication
written - Written Statement
unilateral - DV - Unilateral Action
case - Case Mentioned
docketid - docketid
caseId - caseid
approval - Presidential Approval
reelect - Reelection Year
jfk - Kennedy
lbj - Johnson
rmn - Nixon
grf - Ford
jec - Carter
rwr - Reagan
ghwb - Bush I
wjc - Clinton
gwb - Bush II
bho - Obama
djt - Trump
jrb - Biden
divided - Divided Government
jcsdist - Presidential Distance from Court
firstyearpartychange - First Year Party Change
lastmonthpartychange - Last Month Party Change
csiCh - Case Salience
presjcs - President's JCS Score
obsid - Observation ID Number
prescasecongruence - Presidential Congruence with Case
usCite - citation to u.s. reports
decisionDirection - direction of the decision
pending - Pending Case
speechmonths100 - Months Since Decision / 100

Variables

president

f13444989 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:3j3KVZuAHrNwjK8g7M/5WA==

Type of Public Communication

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 20.0; Mean 5.8426626323751885; Valid 1322.0; Min. 1.0; StDev 5.254699337073317;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:k5xCDJSd4tz12phuwQrArA==

Written Statement

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; StDev 0.4817119380895852; Mean 0.36535552193646026; Min. 0.0; Valid 1322.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:/k3aTTPixZ4pkIBPqyzfwg==

DV - Unilateral Action

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.4049504922618885; Valid 1322.0; Mean 0.20650529500756454;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:UusbrmFuutDkIyaG+UhyfA==

Case Mentioned

f13444989 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:UvE4D3OgaxfUNw59c8SUQg==

docketid

f13444989 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:UWU10H7WlZn6kZC6D9qM1A==

caseid

f13444989 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:LFde9Ue24+1pBo2pFBWIWQ==

Presidential Approval

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 15.212766613023511; Min. 24.0; Max. 434.0; Mean 49.26701966717094; Valid 1322.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:HA6ghe/DFC/b7ei844irXQ==

Reelection Year

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.16414523449319204; Valid 1322.0; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.37054748466471965

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:C7nKIZ0M4AyuxPuKtUAQ6g==

Kennedy

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.14403864175997977; Max. 1.0; Valid 1322.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.021180030257186015;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:FGmXjfUEx8cXa/NBSvrvPA==

Johnson

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.11271003383190287; Valid 1322.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.012859304084720193; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:WnDafETeju2Wk/34MFl6Zw==

Nixon

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 1322.0; StDev 0.20148546871637105; Mean 0.04236006051437211; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:8BYDBOwLGZ3X7mE4Tj0jpQ==

Ford

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.20488982776598733; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Valid 1322.0; Mean 0.043872919818456764;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:xNkO7KLyIDeEex6foQKbzA==

Carter

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 1322.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.22401858415019513; Mean 0.052950075642965305; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:anH7xBGaYe4gGusGJEqY6w==

Reagan

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.07942511346444778; StDev 0.2705034461381643; Valid 1322.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:E/YdaZ+tfm+RDnYGqg90Sw==

Bush I

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.062027231467473624; Valid 1322.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.24129628324028862; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:sPqC3F43wrtmXV7lNt8vRw==

Clinton

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.13993948562783684; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.34705552304762227; Valid 1322.0; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Dx+p1NzjdQy5oMwj2jPswQ==

Bush II

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.2873926920307733; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.09077155824508282; Min. 0.0; Valid 1322.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:VwFthmjaUfes70wUypGWyg==

Obama

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.1255673222390319; StDev 0.33148648358970345; Valid 1322.0; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:lRGwgKFKjq0SRzloAXiA7g==

Trump

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.2048898277659879; Valid 1322.0; Mean 0.043872919818457; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:/QHSi/7p9O2YQQa0IerLRg==

Biden

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 1322.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.43119263361288424; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.24659606656580946;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:VigCi1gP0ungRQVRiYYujA==

Divided Government

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.46019278331290625; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.6959152798789713; Min. 0.0; Valid 1322.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:D6EVynLBCYkRP3t4g96tYA==

Presidential Distance from Court

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.006162; Valid 1322.0; Max. 0.770418; StDev 0.15407124090005192; Mean 0.4827445665658094;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:fT8CP/aXeUQdEUGqcZnd9Q==

First Year Party Change

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Valid 1322.0; Mean 0.07261724659606666; StDev 0.2596053960152887; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:wcV1zMoawXfOrgv0dFVz2w==

Last Month Party Change

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.14897889468712247; Valid 1322.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.022692889561270666; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:NPSZFGMk+W17wNYJx0w2gQ==

Case Salience

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 1207.0; Mean 6.936205468102734; Min. 0.0; Max. 8.0; StDev 1.5672032057445873;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:nicOLlZ9HtvJ4PjgXikFwA==

President's JCS Score

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 1322.0; StDev 0.47271199505047545; Max. 0.6930000185966492; Min. -0.5040000081062317; Mean 0.0015574857570036967;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:SWA9H6AaY9SNH9DM4mjEYg==

Observation ID Number

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 381.7728382166547; Min. 1.0; Mean 661.5; Valid 1322.0; Max. 1322.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:6oXrbTlIjwhMLwY6Btl6aA==

Presidential Congruence with Case

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.47066628875387545; Mean -0.005725413876473522; Min. -0.6930000185966492; Max. 0.6930000185966492; Valid 1322.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:GHLuUA7GDo7smE97lsbgAg==

citation to u.s. reports

f13444989 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:XMHy0btVReCHb+PXt23F9w==

direction of the decision

f13444989 Location:

Value	Label	Frequency
2.	liberal	701
3.	unspecifiable	90
1.	conservative	475

Summary Statistics: Max. 3.0; StDev 0.5950511595836865; Valid 1266.0; Min. 1.0; Mean 1.6958925750394949

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:e1GirOphNDTJWAijfouumQ==

Pending Case

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 1322.0; StDev 0.25067406587475505; Mean 0.0673222390317714; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:AH8dF1iDTaKftZnVAstdNg==

Months Since Decision / 100

f13444989 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 8.430234909057617; Min. -0.29930800199508667; StDev 2.088450724733835; Valid 1266.0; Mean 1.404401743964262

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:SDc2W4Tyfrpb1n2+MQRa+w==

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Eshbaugh Soha and Collins Do File.do

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Figures 1 and 2 Data.xlsx

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