All implications of Donald Trump’s significant presidential victory are still being determined. In addition to the executive and legislative agenda that the Trump/Vance administration will undoubtedly implement and the geopolitical implications for 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.
Of course, this also includes the Supreme Court. President-elect Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices in his first term. President Biden appointed one (who, let me hasten, is not a biologist) and now will not get a second.
But look at the Supreme Court today and you see two right-wing justices who are good candidates for retirement in the next two years – Samuel Alito (74) and Clarence Thomas (76). The logical time to resign would be in the next two years so that President Trump can appoint an originalist replacement. This could well lead to Donald Trump appointing a majority of the Supreme Court. The impact could be enormous.
Republicans are preparing to complete their overhaul of the judiciary under President-elect Donald Trump and a fresh majority in the Senate, including the possible appointment of several more conservative justices to the Supreme Court.
Having already selected three Supreme Court justices in his first term who were critical of ending abortion rights, Trump will have appointed the court’s majority if he gets two more.
It is vital to note that the court “did not overturn abortion rights.” The court did what the Constitution requires: it sent the matter back to the states to be decided by the popularly elected state legislatures. This is a lie that is repeated over and over again and is long past its expiration date.
But it is true that President-elect Trump did much to transform the federal judiciary in his first term.
Trump has prioritized the Supreme Court and lower courts in his first term. He worked with Senate Republicans to aid transform the entire judiciary by appointing 234 federal judges.
Republicans will hold at least 52 seats in the Senate after flipping Democratic seats in West Virginia, Montana and Ohio. The number could rise as several other breeds are still too close to name. In any case, they will have the power to confirm judges with a elementary majority.
Conservatives are preparing to retire from the Supreme Court, with 74-year-old Justice Samuel Alito receiving most of the attention.
“I imagine Judge Alito wants to get out of D.C. as quickly as possible,” said Mike Davis, the Senate Republicans’ former chief nominations aide who runs the conservative advocacy group Article 3 Project. “I would predict that.”
Justice Alito and Justice Thomas are both good candidates for retirement. And if he follows his previous pattern – and there are signs that he will – he will appoint fresh justices who are adolescent enough to stay on the court for several decades.
This is, as someone once said, a damn thing.
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On Tuesday, former President Trump and Senator Vance won a historic victory, and that victory is substantial enough to constitute a mandate. President-elect Trump appears to be moving quickly; He’s already fielded calls from world leaders, he’s clearly in the process of assembling a team, and he undoubtedly has plenty of plans.
The courts will be the longest-lasting part of the Trump legacy. But four years pass surprisingly quickly. With a successful second term and a recovering economy and peace on the world stage – we can hope – in four years we may well see President-elect JD Vance picking up the torch and carrying on with it. But in such endeavors one should hope for the best and expect the worst, and the Trump team should make all its plans within a four-year window.
I would talk to some Supreme Court justices. There is an opportunity here to consolidate an original constitutional court for a generation. Let’s hope the Trump team can pull this off, as it may be the longest-lasting piece of Trump’s legacy.
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