The Supreme Court has delivered on the reactionary Christmas list from 2016. Abortion as a constitutional right–gone. The left-leaning administrative state–shackled. Christian culture war carve-outs–created and expanded. Gun ownership rights–unleashed. Affirmative action–eliminated. What more could a reactionary want?
Quite a lot, actually; the terms of the argument are about to change. Up until now, the reactionary agenda has been to limit government actions which negatively impact straight white Christians; if Trump or DeSantis is elected, however, we will see attempts to strengthen the powers of the government to oppress sexual and racial minorities and to limit “woke” speech. There will be plenty of discussion about incorporating “common good constitutionalism” into our jurisprudence; originalism will be out of style, at least for the far right. There is plenty of reason to believe that Thomas and Alito will support this. Can they get three more votes? I doubt it, but it isn’t out of the question.