News Analysis: Supreme Court has right- and far-right wings. Their justices might not be those you'd guess
At the U.S. Supreme Court these days, judicial liberals don't have much clout. The real fights mostly take place between the court's far-right and its more traditional conservatives.
Tuesday's argument over abortion pills provided a perfect example, and it highlighted the stakes the 2024 presidential election will have for the court. In particular, it illustrated one of the ways a second term for former President Trump could dramatically differ from his first, with huge consequences for abortion rights, among other topics.
Abortion endangers the GOP
The political backdrop to the high court's argument is clear: The politics of abortion continue to bedevil Republicans.
The GOP achieved a long-standing goal in 2022 when the newly reinforced conservative majority on the court , the ruling that for nearly a half-century had tossed abortion policy back to the states, all or nearly all abortions, with six more imposing tight restrictions.
