Opinion poll warns of consequences of Trump’s Supreme Court victory

Republican pollster Frank Luntz has warned of the impact former President Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election would have on the US Supreme Court.

“The Supreme Court, with the Senate turning red and Trump at this point more than likely to be elected, is still not a sure thing, but if he is elected, he will get the nomination, and when the Senate turns Republican, whoever he wants to end up on the Supreme Court,” Luntz said during an appearance Tuesday night on NewsNation.

“That’s as big an impact as you can have on this election night because there are a couple of judges who are likely to retire in the next year or two,” he added, without specifying which judges might retire in the near future. time.

Luntz’s remarks came before Decision Desk Headquarters (DDHQ) named Pennsylvania as a battleground state for Trump and eventual the elections themselves early Wednesday morning for the Republican nominee.

During his first term in the White House, Trump appointed three judges: Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. With the appearance of Rowe on the bench. The case against Wade was overturned in 2022, ending federal abortion rights and returning them to the states.

The pollster argues that with a majority in the Senate, Trump will have an easier time implementing some of his policy proposals.

“If he has the Senate, it becomes easier for him to put forward his economic policies, and some of them don’t even require a vote of Congress, but if that’s what you want, those tariff policies probably don’t come into play,” Luntz said.

republicans captured the majority in the Senate on Tuesday night after four years in the minority, DDHQ predicts. The GOP has so far captured two Democratic-held seats: Gov. Jim Justice won the West Virginia race to replace retiring Sen. Joe Manchin (I), and GOP candidate Bernie Moreno defeated incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio). ).

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