Such reversals were once rare. The solicitor general, the Justice Department official whose office represents the United States in the Supreme Court, generally tries to protect its reputation for consistency, credibility and independence. Solicitors ...

Democrats failed to make the Supreme Court itself a major campaign issue, but what comes after the Dobbs decision could very well be worse, and more far-reaching.

President-elect Donald Trump, who moved the U.S. Supreme Court dramatically rightward in his first term, may get a chance to rejuvenate its 6-3 conservative majority by replacing some or all of its three most senior conservatives with younger jurists - and perhaps even expand it if a liberal justice leaves.