This Election Could Lead to Two Radically Different Supreme Courts. Here’s a Look.

So much is on the line this election, including the fate and future of the Supreme Court.

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The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Trump's pick (L): As much as the GOP tries to co-opt the “Notorious RBG” nickname and apply it to Amy Coney Barrett, it won’t stick. Barrett hasn’t spent her life fighting for the rights of others as Ginsburg did. Instead, she’s notorious for loving guns, hating abortion, and wanting to undo health care for millions of Americans.

Biden's pick (R): Ketanji Brown Jackson could truly carry on RBG’s legacy. Before being nominated to the bench by Obama in 2013, Jackson worked as a federal public defender and appellate litigator. She worked at the U.S. Sentencing Commission when it finally reduced crack cocaine sentences retroactively. As a judge, she ruled that Trump’s former White House counsel, Don McGahn, had to comply with a subpoena, saying “presidents are not kings.” Getty Images

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So much is on the line this election, including the fate and future of the Supreme Court. One nomination fight is already underway. Several others could pop up in the coming months and years. Will Republicans create a conservative super-majority? Will Democrats respond by expanding the Court? Just how much impact will the election have?

Here’s a peek at what the future of the Supreme Court could look like after the November presidential election.