Trump shaped the Supreme Court. Now he wants his victory.
WASHINGTON—Creating a conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court was perhaps the crowning achievement of Donald Trump’s presidency, with three appointees who delivered generational victories, including the elimination of abortion rights and the abolition of affirmative action. But the court has been no balm when it comes to Trump’s personal interests, leaving the former president fuming in several past cases after his appointees rejected his expansive claims of executive power or unfounded allegations of election irregularities.
Now more than ever, the court holds Trump’s future—and perhaps his freedom—in its hands. On Thursday, the court will consider whether the former president must stand trial on federal charges of attempting to steal the 2020 election he lost to Joe Biden.
How the court rules could affect several of the prosecutions Trump is facing. And with legal battles surrounding the 2024 election expected to be intense, the justices could find themselves with additional cases before year’s end.
Few cases have held stakes so high for the court itself, with the justices at pains to show a polarized nation that it can resolve a dispute fairly both to Trump and the constitutional system he allegedly sought to subvert. “To a degree, the court is almost on trial itself," said Grier Stephenson, a government professor and Supreme Court scholar at Franklin & Marshall College.
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