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Are Republicans Losing a Winning Issue?
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The confirmation on Monday of Justice Amy Coney Barrett all but ensures a durable Online Cigarettes Store USA conservative majority on the Supreme Court for years to come and provides the capstone on the Trump administration’s broader effort to push the entire federal judiciary solidly to the right.
Its work has been so fast and so effective that there is only one vacancy now in the appellate courts: Newport Cigarettes Shop the seat left open by Barrett’s promotion.
But President Donald Trump and Republicans risk becoming victims of their own success. Without the specter of a liberal court to motivate conservative voters anymore, they may find themselves without the issue that played a crucial role in Trump’s unexpected victory four years ago and has fortified his political base throughout a tumultuous first term.
“It’s like the dog catching the car, ” said Charlie Cook, editor of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, Newport 100s Box which handicaps elections and is forecasting a difficult environment for Republicans up and down the ballot.
On a larger level, there is the risk of getting complacent. Republicans feel satisfied that they appear to have prevailed in their decadeslong quest to install more conservatives on the courts. Then there is the issue that the Barrett confirmation was uneventful and anticlimactic — not exactly the kind of spectacle that gets people marching in the streets.