All of the implications of Donald Trump’s substantial presidential victory are still being sorted out. Along with the executive and legislative agenda that the Trump/Vance administration will no doubt put into place, along with the geopolitical implications with the United States’ friends, allies and enemies alike, there is also the judiciary. The president appoints federal judges, subject to Senate approval — and for at least the next two years, the Senate will be comfortably in Republican hands, and thanks to Harry Reid, the filibuster no longer applies to Senate approval of judges.
This includes, of course, the Supreme Court. President-elect Trump, in his first term, appointed three Supreme Court justices. President Biden has appointed one (who is, I hasten to note, not a biologist) and now won’t get a second.
But look at the Supreme Court today, and…
