Profile In Focus | The Corrupting of the United States Supreme Court
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Profile In Focus | The Corrupting of the United States Supreme Court (In Progress)
In March 2016, Donald Trump made a deal with conservative Republicans on the Supreme Court. Trump pledged that if he won the presidency, he would choose Supreme Court nominees from a list of conservative judges provided by the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society. By May 2016, Trump released a list of 11 potential Supreme Court nominees, all of whom were conservatives. This list was revised and expanded over time.
During the 2016 campaign, Trump promised to appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade. After winning the election, Trump's team began working on selecting a nominee. The Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society played a major role in vetting potential nominees, and Trump ultimately nominated Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court in January 2017.
The Federalist Society has become the de facto selector of Republican Supreme Court justices, and its influence has only grown under Trump's presidency. Trump has outsourced his Supreme Court picks to this conservative group, which has helped him reshape the federal judiciary. Leonard Leo, the executive vice president of the Federalist Society, played a key role in selecting Trump's Supreme Court nominees, including Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.
Kavanaugh's nomination was controversial due to allegations of sexual assault, but he was ultimately confirmed by the Senate in October 2018. With Kavanaugh's confirmation, Trump had succeeded in appointing two conservative justices to the Supreme Court, leaving a lasting impact on the federal judiciary.
Trump's conservative picks have already impacted the courts, and they are expected to do so for decades to come. The Supreme Court's 2018-2019 term found Trump's justices, and others, forming unpredictable alliances, indicating that the court's composition has a significant impact on its decisions. Trump's reshaping of the federal judiciary has been called a conservative activist's behind-the-scenes campaign to remake the nation's courts, with significant consequences for issues such as abortion rights, gun control, and immigration.
Overall, Trump's deal with conservative Republicans on the Supreme Court has had a lasting impact on the federal judiciary. By outsourcing his Supreme Court picks to the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society, Trump has reshaped the courts in a conservative direction, with significant consequences for a wide range of issues.
Written with ChatGPT on August 22, 2023
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