General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: In general, the federal judges---and justices---that Trump and McConnell have elevated [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)more conservative, whenever the Republicans had the power to cram intellectually and morally unfit, and even blatantly corrupt, far-right agents into the judiciary, they did.
The sheer volume of court packing during this administration, on top of and accelerating over that of Bush II's admin, itself accelerating over court packing of 20 years before that has become an enormous problem and corruption of government of, by and for the people, and even an enormous threat to its very continuance. Right now we're seeing the Supreme Court itself blatantly upholding various techniques Republicans are using to subvert elections.
What the Republican leadership has become is America's current counterpart to the RW criminals and authoritarianism that have taken over in places like Russia, Hungary, and Syria. What we're seeing now is nothing to what's coming if we don't succeed in rescuing our liberal democracy.
Btw, in many nations, not just ours, RW authoritarians are using the coronavirus pandemic to seize and consolidate greater power. Many RW conspiracies have grown far more powerful since the end of the last century when Hillary spoke out to a populace she knew had become increasingly conservative and reactionary over the past 20 years and was in no mood to listen. And those were the good old days comparatively.