How the election will shape the Supreme Court
A second Trump administration could lock in a conservative supermajority for decades
Correction (9th August 2024): An earlier version of this article said Franklin Roosevelt seated a “full complement of nine judges”. He did make nine appointments, but two were to a single seat and another was to elevate Harlan Stone from associate justice to chief.
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