Mitch McConnell’s legacy is a conservative Supreme Court shaped by his calculated audacity

This feat could hardly have been predicted when Senate Republicans elected McConnell their leader in 2006. (File photo: Senator Mitch McConnell/Facebook)

Unless Democrats win both the White House and the Senate in November, abolish the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is about to finish his project of remaking the federal judiciary from top to bottom.

The impact of that achievement will outlive the 78-year-old Kentuckian, making it the biggest piece of his large legacy in Senate history.

This feat could hardly have been predicted when Senate Republicans elected McConnell their leader in 2006. For most of the 40-plus years I have watched McConnell, first as a reporter covering Kentucky politics and now as a <a href=”https://ci.uky.edu/jam%2