Back-to-back rulings on guns and abortion eliminated any doubt the U.S. 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.
They expanded gun rights Thursday by striking down a century-old New York law that limited who can carry a handgun in public. Less than 24 hours later, they delivered what even conservative Chief Justice John Roberts called a ¡°serious jolt to the legal system¡± by overturning Roe v. Wade, which had protected abortion rights since 1973.
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