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Rough justice Why Trump's skewing of judiciary will bear fruit

Donald Trump’s presidency was capricious and chaotic, but there was one issue on which he focused with laser-like discipline: tilting the judiciary to the right.

Now America is about to reap that harvest. In the next year the supreme court is set to consider healthcare, voting, LGBTQ rights, guns and, most explosively, abortion.

“Next year’s supreme court term is shaping up to be the revenge of Donald Trump,” said Edward Fallone, an associate

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