With its new 6-3 conservative majority, it’s early yet to know how rightward the Roberts-led court will push the country, but there is no denying it has already had a deeply conservative impact on election law.
Nebraska’s rightward shift matters because it’s reflective of a broader, national trend in lower population states that has created an imbalance in the Senate.
In this scenario, Justice Brett Kavanaugh would replace Roberts as the court’s new median justice, which could lead to a significant rightward turn on the court, as Roberts is often the lone conservative justice to side with the liberals.
On the one hand, we know that Barrett’s appointment would mean a huge rightward shift on the court, as she is far more ideologically conservative than the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Talking about Israel's "rightward" shift is an over-simplification.
Now they are struggling to stay on message after the awaited rightward lurch failed to materialize.
And the oft-heralded large Jewish shift rightward won't happen this time either.
Centrists have drifted left this year, while independents have moved slightly rightward, reports John Avlon.
They were both moderates uncomfortable with the rightward drift of the party.
Let the disc rotate clockwise, and let P be observed in its rightward oscillation.
I have not given it soon enough, however: the machine is not checked on its rightward swing in time.