“…Jurisprudential regimes then highlight the relevant facts that justices consider when deciding a case. But although the measures of case facts and jurisprudential regimes are confined to a single issue, such as free speech (Richards & Kritzer, 2002), freedom of religion (Ignagni, 1993(Ignagni, , 1994, or search and seizure (Segal, 1984(Segal, , 1986, the issue evolution measure has the advantage of permitting comparisons across policy areas. Thus, if two cases at the same stage of their respective development arrive on the docket in different issue areas, the dynamics and the behavioral expectations for these cases should be similar.…”