Gov. DeSantis signed a bill that permits executing people convicted of raping children. DeSantis said he’s “prepared to take this law all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.” If he does, the court could be waiting with open arms. (via Deadline: Legal Blog)
Since 2008 ... the court has undergone a revolution in its membership. For one thing, the author of that bare majority ruling, former swing justice Anthony Kennedy, has been replaced by the more-conservative Brett Kavanaugh. Another member of the majority, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has been replaced by the much more conservative Amy Coney Barrett.
Indeed, none of the justices in that 2008 majority are still on the court, and three of the four dissenters are Chief Justice
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