This is encouraging, but two things. First, split 5-4; Trump becoming president in 2016 brought Gorsuch and Kavanaugh... Hillary wins, it'd be 5-4 liberal and Ruth Bader Ginsburg could have resigned only to have a late 40s/early 50s-year-old liberal judge replacing her.
Conservatives dodged a bullet in 2016.
Second, I am focused on two major cases for which SCOTUS is expected to rule no later than June: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. City of New York, which some gun law experts say could have a less than narrow ruling which could affect carry laws at the state level. I'd love to hear what those familiar with the law and with gun laws re: carry on this forum would say as to what we may expect from SCOTUS.
And, of course, I'm waiting to hear on DACA. I expect SCOTUS to side with President Trump and to end it once and for all. On a personal level I can empathize with millennial illegal aliens who didn't know they came to the U.S. when they were 1, 2, or 3 years old and their parents hid their status until they become legally adults. On the other, Barack Obama created this mess; he said it wouldn't be an amnesty, and he did this to pander to the left. He violated the Constitution even as he taught constitutional law.
President Trump, as a candidate, swore he'd revoke DACA on the first day on the job. He didn't. But even if he did, liberal courts (9th Circuit, the most liberal court in America whose judges legislate from the bench, would've been first in line) would have issued injunctions. Now with SCOTUS, if SCOTUS rules to end DACA, those courts won't be able to overrule the ruling.
Again, folks: if Hillary had defeated Trump, DACA may well have been signed into law, thus further diluting the privilege of living in the U.S. legally. Anyone who complains about Trump's errors and shortcomings needs to remember that as disappointing as President Trump has been at times, he's learning on the job, and that it would have been far worse under a Hillary presidency.
