explain what martin quinn score is? guest: if the data analysis of voting patterns. what you see on that chart is that the liberals are ideologically very close. there is much more a gap among the conservatives. and they often approach cases from a different point of view. one thing that chart shows is that the two george w. bush appointees started essentially identify the same place. alito drifts slightly to the right, roberts slightly to the left. liberal,is not taken a he is still a very conservative justice. the probably because he is the chief justice, he is also influenced by his responsibilities to the institution. and that may cause him in some cases to take a more moderate tack. host: we will see that in some of the big cases coming up this term. in terms of blockbuster cases, are there going to be more this term the last term? guest: it's hard to predict. usually there are 20 cases decided i 54 votes. -- decided by 5-4 votes. of the 70 or so, maybe 15 or 20 are that closely divided. and of those, they are not always the same five and not always the same fou

tell me what a martin quinn score is as we show the chart. guest: it is a data analysis.hat you see on the chart is that the liberals are ideologically very close. there is much more of a gap among the conservatives. they often approach faces from a different point of view. one thing the chart shows is the two george w. bush appointees started essentially identically the same place. roberts drifts slightly to the a liberal. is not he is still a conservative justice because he is the chief justice and also influenced by his responsibilities to the institution. that may cause him in some cases to take a more moderate take. host: we will see that some of the big cases coming up this term. be more going to divided and big cases this term? guest: it is a little hard to predict. usually, there are about 20 cases decided by 5-4 votes. i think this term will be no different. maybe 15 or 20 are that closely divided. of those 5-4's, they are not always the same five or four. justice kennedy in the middle swinging one way or the other. host: i imagine one of those close cases will b

host: we show the martin quinn scores again of the various justices on the supreme court. that is the voting patterns from more conservative at the top to more liberal at the bottom. guest: first of all, it is nice to hear from a satisfied customer of these in court. --of the supreme court. of ideology one the court. the most conservative justice, justice clarence thomas is one of the most if not the most conservative justices to serve on the court since the 1930's. there is a good array of ideological and judicial philosophy on the court. host: back to some of the cases that may come up. a case about legislative redistricting. andt: back in the 1960's, the constitution said one person one vote meeting districts have to be the same size. you cannot have one with many people and another with 10 people and give them the same power. the court ever decided who we count in those districts. the recount every single person including children and unauthorized immigrants and people who cannot vote because of felony convictions or do we only count eligible voters? this makes a big d

host: we show the martin quinn scores again of the various justices on the supreme court. that is the voting patterns from more conservative at the top to more liberal at the bottom. guest: first of all, it is nice to hear from a satisfied customer of these in court. --of the supreme court. of ideology one the court. the most conservative justice, justice clarence thomas is one of the most if not the most conservative justices to serve on the court since the 1930's. there is a good array of ideological and judicial philosophy on the court. host: back to some of the cases that may come up. a case about legislative redistricting. andt: back in the 1960's, the constitution said one person one vote meeting districts have to be the same size. you cannot have one with many people and another with 10 people and give them the same power. the court ever decided who we count in those districts. the recount every single person including children and unauthorized immigrants and people who cannot vote because of felony convictions or do we only count eligible voters? this makes a big d

quinn has our news in new york. vonnie: i am holding down the fort here at the "surveillance" desk. mrs. clinton was leading in the alls is a frequent -- and was frequent target of martinother three hopefuls last night in las vegas. o'malley: i respect what secretary clinton and her husband have done for our country, what our country needs new leadership to move forward. hillary clinton: i am not just running because i would be the first woman president. i am certainly not campaigning to become president because my last name is clinton. i am campaigning because i think i have the right combination of what the country needs at this point, and i can take the fight to the republicans. vonnie: mrs. clinton and o'malley share the stage with bernie sanders and former senators jim webb and lincoln chafee. the next democratic debate will be november 14 in iowa there it vladimir putin says god bless russia's central bank. he wants to cut inflation to 4% in the next few years. >> when you get to the 4% inflation's target, is that a run what you think russia should have for rates? >> it is difficult to talk about the difference between rates and inflation. it would be somewhere c