The abortion case in particular was a repudiation of the more incremental approach favored by Chief Justice John Roberts:
The abortion case in particular was a repudiation of the more incremental approach favored by Chief Justice John Roberts.
But the chief justice was unable to attract any support from his colleagues on the right, including the three justices nominated by former President Donald Trump. But how did Trump even come to have three vacancies to fill? After Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016, Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky vowed to prevent President Barack Obama from filling the seat during the election year.
The death of the liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020 led to Republicans' quick confirmation of Barrett, notwithstanding the approaching election and McConnell's opposition during Obama's term to filling an opening in an election year. She took her seat just days before the 2020 election and solidified the conservative hold on the court.
“With sorrow — for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection — we dissent,” they wrote.
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