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Originally Posted by GGG
Most of the right wing judges accept the precedents of the supreme courts previous cases. So cases around Abortion will need to be materially different.
The bigger loss is amount the anti-public laws like the citizens united type rulings. Those types of cases make much less noise.
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Every time the SC becomes more conservative, there are a plethora of laws passed in red states to see how far they can push the needle - while the precedents might not be explicitly overturned in the SC (ie Roe v Wade), the states are testing to see what reinterpretation by a more conservative court will produce, and hoping a judgement will reinterpret to their benefit. Another far-right justice definitely means a huge number of "test" laws passed quickly through the courts to see where this new SC will reinterpret.
Just since Trump appointed his newest members, "feeler laws" have been thrown up in everything from environmental protection to abortion to gerrymandering. Conservatives play this game very well since plurality is rarely in their favour.