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Lloyd Green

Nine Black Robes review: how Trump turned the supreme court right

The supreme court justices sit for their picture.
The supreme court justices sit for their picture. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP

Joan Biskupic is senior supreme court analyst at CNN, a Pulitzer finalist and an established biographer. In her latest book, she seeks to make sense of the court during and after the presidency of Donald J Trump, culminating last June when five conservative justices overturned Roe v Wade, the ruling which guaranteed access to abortion. In one swoop, the court gutted the rights revolution of the 1960s and 1970s.

It was more important for the favourites of the Federalist Society to be “right” than smart. As we saw this week, Wisconsin Democrats say thank you.

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