What Would Clinton Win Mean for SCOTUS?
Bloomberg Law takes a look at prospects for the U.S. Supreme Court if Hillary Clinton is elected president, considering that she may have have the opportunity to offer one or more nominations to seats on the court.
“A left-leaning court with at least one appointment from potential President Hillary Clinton would mean a big shift in areas of the law such as voting rights and gun control, but panelists making predictions at the American Bar Association annual meeting doubted the new court would overturn major precedents,” reports Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson.
She writes that professors on the panel believe the new court is unlikely to outright overrule some of the court’s more controversial precedents. But while the new court is unlikely to overrule precedent on cases involving voters’ rights, handgun regulation, and campaign finance, there still is plenty of room for a new majority to make substantive changes.
