"The GOP's State Supreme Court Packing Leads to Consequences, Arizona Abortion Ban Threatens Republican Lawmakers"
Republican governors in Arizona and Florida have strategically expanded and packed their state supreme courts with conservative justices, leading to recent controversial abortion rulings. In Arizona, the court reinstated a Civil War-era abortion law, while in Florida, the court allowed a new, stricter six-week ban to go into effect and permitted a proposed constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights to appear on the November ballot. These decisions reflect the impact of court-packing on state supreme courts and the potential consequences for abortion rights.