In the 1990s and 2000s, a series of court rulings spotlighted the trend of Republican-appointed justices periodically siding with liberals on everything from abortion to civil rights to campaign finance. But when George W. Bush was installed as president, the master planners knew they had a rare chance to try to permanently change the game.

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