Donald Trump has already appointed three Supreme Court justices. In his second term, he could well have a chance to name two more, creating a high court with a Trump-appointed majority that could serve for decades.

It is unlikely that the court ends up playing a major role in the outcome, according to elections experts, but it is possible. Here’s why.

Justice Joy Cunningham beat out primary challenger Judge Jesse Reyes in March and is running unopposed this election. Cunningham was appointed to the court by retiring Chief Justice Anne Burke as her replacement in 2022. Lisa Holder White, a Republican running in a separate state Supreme Court district, is also unopposed.

The Supreme Court already is weighing an emergency request from Pennsylvania that could affect tens of thousands of votes in the Keystone State.

Emergency appeals seeking to advance Republican interests are landing at the Supreme Court, which sided with Donald Trump in multiple cases this year.

Following the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden, Donald Trump and his allies brought a storm of legal cases challenging the outcome. After losses in lower courts, some of these cases made their way to the U.

Some liberals called for Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire before Donald Trump returns to the White House. But Democrats would struggle to confirm a replacement.