Bush and the Supreme Court

Two Supreme Court justices are over 80 and eight of nine are over 65. SCOTUS is split 5-4, usually tilting conservative. The next president will almost certainly get to appoint one or more justices.

In his first term, Bush’s nominees to the federal bench have been uniformly conservative, usually chosen by the Federalist Society, a conservative legal group. Not a single nominee has ever said anything in support of abortion rights, and most have denounced Roe v. Wade. He has clearly tried to move the federal bench rightward in a way that would please social conservatives at the expense of civil liberties.