Abortion, gun rights, ObamaCare at stake with Supreme Court pick – By John Kruzel (The Hill) / Sept 22 2020
President Trump is poised to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a reliably liberal vote on the Supreme Court, with her ideological opposite: a justice who’s nearly certain to cast conservative votes on disputes over abortion protections, gun rights and ObamaCare.
Ginsburg’s death from cancer on Friday has given Republicans a chance to cement a solid 6-3 conservative majority on the court, which could have both immediate and long-lasting implications for millions of people across the country.
Even relatively stable areas of law — affecting everything from race relations and voting rights to the federal government’s power to issue environmental regulations — could be jarred loose, giving conservative activists an opportunity to roll back liberal gains and further their own legal agenda.
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