The Special Hell of Trump’s Supreme Court Appointment

Posted on AllSides September 23rd, 2020
From The Left
SCOTUS, Supreme Court vacancy, Supreme Court nomination, Donald Trump
OPINION

With a nonexistent mandate, he does extraordinary damage.

It was almost inevitable that President Trump would get one Supreme Court appointment during this four-year term. It was always possible that he’d get two.

But three? Seldom has a president’s impact been so inversely proportional to his warrant. Trump, with his nonexistent mandate, reaches extra far and wreaks extra damage. That’s what makes his reign so perverse. That’s the special hell of it.

Almost instantly after the news of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, I checked how many Supreme Court justices Trump’s...

Read full story
Some content from this outlet may be limited or behind a paywall.

AllSides Picks

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/opinion/trump-supreme-court-appointment.html

More News about Supreme Court from the Left, Center and Right

From the Left

From the Center

From the Right