The death of liberal US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has huge implications for the future of law and life in the United States.
Here are several ways in which a rightward tilt would be felt if President Donald Trump gets to pick Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s successor. Ever since the Supreme Court legalised abortion in its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, conservative activists have sought to overturn the decision and always fallen just short. If Mr Trump replaces Ms Ginsburg with a staunch conservative, the chances of the court drastically curbing abortion rights becomes ever more likely.
Even if no Trump nominee is confirmed by then, the court would go into those arguments with a 5-3 conservative majority. Mr Roberts, known as a defender of the court as an institution and champion of the judiciary as an independent branch of government, sided with Ms Ginsburg and the court’s other three liberals in key cases.
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