Trump Could Impact the Supreme Court for Decades to Come

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The high courtโ€™s recent decisions indicated a move toward originalism and textualism but left open questions about how that would play out in future rulings.

President-elect Donald Trumpโ€™s second term could help make him one of the most consequential presidents for the U.S. Supreme Court by solidifying a long-lasting originalist majority.

Although Democrats have criticized the justices in recent months, the 2024 elections may have stripped them of the power they would need to block Trumpโ€™s nominees and implement reforms to stunt conservativesโ€™ influence on the court.

Republicans are projected to take the U.S. Senate, offering a two-year window for Trump to appoint new conservative jurists to the highest court should any of the sitting justices announce retirement. Neither of the two most senior justices, Clarence Thomas, who is 76 and joined the court in 1991, and Samuel Alito, who is 74 and joined in 2006, have announced a retirement plan.

โ€œNo one other than Justices Thomas and Alito knows when or if they will retire, and talking about them like meat that has reached its expiration date is unwise, uninformed, and, frankly, just crass,โ€ Federalist Society Chairman Leonard Leo said.

If Trump is later tasked with appointing two justices, he could be the first president since former President Dwight D. Eisenhower to have five of his nominees sit on the nationโ€™s highest court.

In terms of pace, Trump has already appointed more justices in one term than his predecessors did during their tenures. Continuing at that pace would likely lead to long-term shifts for the institution and its jurisprudence, especially if his successors follow other presidents in nominating fewer justices.

Changes to Precedent

Chief Justice John Robertsโ€™s court has been described as incrementalist, but some of its recent decisions have raised questions about the stability of longstanding precedents. Trumpโ€™s nomineesโ€”Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrettโ€”have already contributed to major shifts in American law, starting with their vote to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022.

Just before his reelection, they also redefined the scope of presidential immunity and overruled a decades-old administrative law doctrineโ€”known as Chevron deferenceโ€”that was supported by late-conservative Justice Antonin Scalia.

Byย Sam Dorman

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