The path to a 6-3 conservative supermajority on the US Supreme Court that appears poised to overturn women’s right to an abortion in the United States traces back to political machinations by Republicans in 2016.Justice Antonin Scalia, a celebrated judicial conservative who had served on the court since 1986, had died suddenly in his sleep at the age of 79 while on a quail hunting trip in Texas.The US Constitution empowers the US president to nominate a person to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, and that the Senate provides “Advice and Consent” to confirm the nominee. Barack Obama, a Democrat, was then the sitting president and nominated Merrick Garland, a well-regarded US appeals court judge, to replace Scalia.
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