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Quid per quo. That’s the unwritten rule when it comes to people, relationships, and business. One hand washes the other.
And Amy Barrett, 48, has an important hand to wash. On Monday, the Republican-dominated United States Senate confirmed Trump’s ideal conservative judge for the Supreme Court, just six weeks after the death of iconic liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg († 87).
With the swearing-in on Tuesday, Barrett can now begin work ahead of the November 3 US election. Your vote on the Supreme Court, now largely conservative, could be decisive on these issues:
1. Barrett could help Trump stay in the White House
Experts expect electoral chaos around the presidential elections. What votes count and who goes to what state? Barrett could have a decisive voice.
In recent days, the court has made several decisions on disputes over the electoral process in various states. One of them arrived just as the senators were casting their vote. The Supreme Court refused to extend the deadline for mailing ballots in Wisconsin to six days after November 3.
2. Barrett could make evangelical Trump voters happy
The United States is still deeply divided by a 1973 Supreme Court decision. At the time, justices granted women the right to abortion across the country. Evangelicals, who vote for a Republican majority, want to return this right to abortion. In addition, same-sex marriage could come under pressure.
Last but not least, evangelicals fear that churches could lose their tax privileges under Biden’s presidency. Even then, the Supreme Court would likely have the last word.
3. Barrett could reverse Obamacare
The Trump administration is making another attempt to overturn the reform in the Supreme Court, with the first hearing due a week after the presidential election. Trump only said last week that he expected the court to abolish Obamacare. Democrats warn, more recently, that this would cause millions of Americans to lose their health insurance.
