President Donald Trump named three justices in his first term, establishing a conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court. And now, even without an imminent vacancy, Trump is positioned to push the court farther to the right.
He has begun turning the top appellate litigator at the Department of Justice to his advantage. That prestigious office of the US solicitor general influences – more than other petitioners – which appeals the Supreme Court takes up and which side wins. Trump’s lawyers on Friday reversed a Biden administration transgender-rights position challenging state bans on hormones, puberty blockers and other gender-affirming care for trans minors.
Harris has already told the court that the administration has changed the government’s stance in pending litigation over voting rights and is reconsidering its position in environment and student-loan repayment disputes.
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