Analysis: Decades of congressional gridlock on everything from gun violence to immigration to abortion rights have left a vaccum that a newly empowered right-wing bloc of Supreme Court justices have seized.
“The Supreme Court can act with far more unity and focus because of the 6-3 right-wing control over the institution,” Raskin said in an interview Friday.
As Raskin finished talking, Democratic aides were setting up for what was supposed to be a valedictory rally on the House steps in advance of passing the most consequential gun violence legislation in almost 30 years.Just a day before, the court had ruled against state laws that restricted rights to carry guns in public, a decision that will likely lead to more guns on the streets.
That power shift came through in a statement from Sen. Susan Collins . A key swing vote on the confirmations of Justices Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh, Collins accused them Friday of giving misleading answers to her about the importance of respecting previous court precedents during one-on-one meetings ahead of their 2017 and 2018 confirmations.“They both were insistent on the importance of supporting long-standing precedents that the country has relied upon,” Collins said.
After some high-profile figures lost GOP primaries, Republicans have generally backed away from any compromise on the issue. Back in June 2020, with Congress hopelessly stuck on how to handle the status of millions of young undocumented immigrants, a 5-4 Supreme Court majority waded into the battle by declaring that the Trump administration did not properly follow procedures in an executive order trying to deport them.
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