Donald Trump nominated three supreme court judges during his term, leaving a conservative supermajority on the court in his wake. A year on from the repeal of Roe v Wade, the case that had ensured the right to abortion for nearly half a century, the court has ruled on a number of other controversial cases.
Last week, it ruled that a website designer could refuse to serve same-sex couples requesting a wedding website, despite reports that a key document in the case might be fake. The court also ruled against affirmative action, ending race-conscious admissions at universities.
“This is not a normal court,” Joe Biden told the press.
Sam Levine tells Michael Safi what these decisions mean for Biden and the Democrats, and what options they have to respond.
Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP
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