Trump’s Aggressive Court Reshaping Fuels Liberal Voter Campaigns

Progressive activists looking to make judicial nominations a campaign issue say President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape the federal courts have given the topic new resonance among Democratic voters.

The prospect of capturing the courts has more often mobilized conservative voters, but liberal activists who announced plans on Wednesday to spend $2 million on advertising say this time could be different after Democrats have watched Trump fill 200 seats on the federal judiciary, including two Supreme Court justices.

“Public awareness around the courts, not simply the Supreme Court but lower courts as well, has risen, given the extreme ideological judges ...