The federal courts are broken—and a Trump victory will make it worse

It’s hard to overstate how broken the federal judiciary is. The hard-right Federalist Society types Trump stuffed the courts with are not there to be independent or to ensure justice. Rather, these jurists are there to ensure right-wing policy preferences get enacted while Democratic goals get thwarted. That’s leading to sweeping and sloppy rulings that take a sledgehammer to regulations issued by President Joe Biden’s administration. And Donald Trump's victory in 2024 would make this landscape even worse.