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Whatever the exact number is McConnell has been aiming at increasing conservative control of the courts for years.

Donald Trump and the Plot to Take Over the Courts

How the 45th president has packed the courts with ultraconservatives—and reshaped the judiciary for a generation.

By Elie Mystal
Yesterday 7:59 am

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They are old-school originalists and newfangled activists. They are torture advocates, LGBTQ antagonists, rape apologists, Islamophobes, and Confederate-monument defenders. They are anti-abortion fundamentalists. And they are remaking the law. Some of these people will end up on Supreme Court short lists; others will simply continue to choke off your rights, quietly but relentlessly, for the rest of their lives. We’d better be ready for them.

https://www.thenation.com/article/trump-mcconnel-court-judges-plot/