The U.S. Supreme Court that Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell rigged in their favor did not veer quite as far to the right in this past term as some feared, but legal experts cautioned that they’re “laying foundations” for a more conservative future.
The twice-impeached one-term president managed to ram through a third justice weeks before losing the Nov. 3 election, but analysts were somewhat surprised by the number of unanimous rulings and the decisions on the Affordable Care Act and a few other cases, reported The Guardian.
“I think we at the ACLU can to some degree breathe a sigh of relief,” said David Cole, national legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union. “It’s nowhere near as bad as people thought.” Continue reading.