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Abortion, Gun Rulings Show Supreme Court Ready to ‘Jolt’ System
- Republican-stacked court uses clout to transform US law
- Conservative majority avoids incrementalism in recent rulings
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Back-to-back rulings on guns and abortion eliminated any doubt the US Supreme Court will be the transformational force Republicans envisioned when they filled three vacancies during Donald Trump’s presidency.
Less than two years after Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation just before the 2020 presidential election, the court’s conservatives laid bare their willingness to rewrite the nation’s lawbooks and upend its social and political dynamics.