The five conservative justices sent signals they want to undo long-standing precedents they think were wrongly decided
The Supreme Court started its term last October amid the political divisiveness of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh’s confirmation process and with a much more private battle among the justices unfolding through the last day of the term Friday.
The departure of former Justice Anthony M. Kennedy after a decade as the court’s ideological axis, and the arrival of a more conservative Kavanaugh, sparked a new dynamic among the justices and a burst of writing as they staked out legal territory.
The court was expected to solidify its conservative tilt. But the question over the last nine months was just how far and how fast that would happen on major issues such as abortion rights, LGBT rights and the reach of government agencies.
View the complete June 28 article by Todd Ruger on The Roll Call website here.