Los Angeles Times: Trump’s judges will keep moving the country to the far right for decades (Column)

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Michael Hiltzik


This excerpt is from a piece that originally ran on June 10, 2022.

Trump’s appointments have produced a string of rulings promoting partisan political and ideological positions. Many of these affect “a whole slew of issues on which the vast majority of Americans are either much more centrist or liberal on than the court is,” says Jake Faleschini of the progressive advocacy group Alliance for Justice.

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“Unless the House and Senate decide by the end of this year to do away with the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court by four justices, this isn’t going to change any time soon, outside of an act of God,” Faleschini says.

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