DeSantis Unveils Plan To Skew SCOTUS Further Right

The Washington Post reports:

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis previewed more of his 2024 pitch Monday night with a new emphasis on the next president’s ability to push the Supreme Court further to the right, calling for new justices in the mold of Clarence Thomas and “improvements” to others such as Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., a Republican appointee who has sometimes sided with the court’s liberal wing.

Speaking to a Christian media conference in Orlando, the soon-to-be GOP presidential candidate also leaned into the idea that he could serve eight years if elected — an implicit contrast with former president Donald Trump, the Republican polling leader, who could serve only four more years.

DeSantis recounted how he flipped the Florida Supreme Court to conservative control as governor and speculated to an enthusiastic crowd that several U.S. Supreme Court justices could need replacements over the next two presidential terms.

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The Florida governor suggested that Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, John Roberts and Sonia Sotomayor could all retire over the next two presidential terms. https://t.co/M9aKwBcWPc

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