But the Court’s Republican-appointed majority has relentlessly moved to shrink the establishment clauseexpand the rights of religious conservatives more broadly.

Source: https://www.vox.com/scotus/2023/8/13/23822822/supreme-court-establishment-clause-church-state-separation-carson-bremerton

Relying on a legal approach that Kagan described as “,” the Republican-appointed justices killed the Biden administration’s program altogether.

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/biden-scrambles-conservative-justices-kill-student-loan-relief-plan-rcna92076

Shackelford was referring to the idea that Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices have already given religious right activists the green light to push the envelope — because, to a very real extent, that’s precisely what’s happened.

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/many-gop-officials-seem-indifferent-church-state-separation-rcna88379

The six dissenting votes on the 4th Circuit came from Republican-appointed judges including Judge A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr, who wrote that the decision would stifle “innovative alternatives to traditional public education.”

Source: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/crime-pmn/supreme-court-seeks-u-s-government-view-on-charter-schools-skirt-requirement

Wheeler’s data is a conservative estimate of potential vacancies, since it doesn’t include any Republican-appointed judges, and some GOP appointees have already voluntarily stepped down under Biden.

Source: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-biden-could-appoint-more-judges-than-trump/