WHY IT MATTERS: Next president could bring big change to Supreme Court with just 1 pick

With four justices in their seventies, odds are good that whoever is elected president in November will have a chance to fill at least one Supreme Court seat. The next justice could dramatically alter the direction of a court closely divided between cons

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