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What to expect from federal judges appointed by Trump or Harris − based on what we’ve seen from Trump and Biden picks for the Supreme Court and lower courts

  • Written by Paul M. Collins Jr., Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
imageA pediment on the U.S. Supreme Court promising that justice is the guardian of liberty.Kimm Baker/Moment/Getty Images

The past eight years have clearly demonstrated that who sits on the federal courts matters.

The country has watched the Supreme Court take a sharp turn to the right on issues such as abortion, the Second Amendment and presidential...

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