Some prominent voices on the left called earlier this year for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire while Joe Biden was still president, so a Democrat could nominate her replacement regardless of who won the election. Sotomayor, 70, is the ...

ToplineFormer President Donald Trump’s return to the White House could give him even more influence over the Supreme Court, as the ex-president may be able to appoint multiple justices to the high court—and the Senate’s shift to GOP control ensures reforms backed by Democrats to check the Supreme Court’s conservative tilt won’t move forward.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump, who moved the U.S. Supreme Court dramatically rightward in his first term, may get a chance to rejuvenate its 6-3 conservative majority by replacing some or all of its three most senior conservatives with younger jurists - and perhaps even expand it if a liberal justice leaves.

Brutinel, 66, spent 14 years on the Supreme Court, including five as its chief justice in which he shepherded the courts through the COVID pandemic.

A reliably conservative voice on the Nebraska Supreme Court has been named by the state's Republican governor as the court's newest chief justice. Republican Gov.

Frank Luntz said that one of the "biggest" impacts of the 2024 presidential race could be seen in the Supreme Court.

Republican pollster Frank Luntz warned of the impact former President Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election would have on the U.S. Supreme Court. “The Supreme Court, with the Senate going red and with Trump at this point more than likely to be elected,