All-Female Liberal Wing to Change Supreme Court Dynamics

President Joe Biden’s first U.S. Supreme Court appointment won’t alter the 6-3 conservative majority, but her presence could spawn subtle changes on both the left and right sides of the bench.

Adding the court’s first Black woman to replace the retiring Stephen Breyer, as Biden has said he intends to do, could prompt conservative justices to adjust how they approach cases involving race and gender.

The other two Democratic appointees on what would be an all-women liberal bloc, will have new roles, particularly Sonia Sotomayor, who will have the power to assign opinions as the senior associate justice in the ...