QUICK TAKE

Over the course of nearly half a century, the court not only issued Roe but upheld its bedrock principles against later challenges. Throughout, the original 1973 decision enjoyed broad and unwavering public support. What brought the court to its current precipice was not a fundamental shift in American values regarding abortion. It was the shameless legislative maneuvering of Senate GOP leader Mitch Mcconnell (Ky.), who jammed two Trump-nominated justices onto the court.

— Excerpt from Washington Post editorial, “The Supreme Court might never recover from overturning Roe v. Wade”