Matt Ford's New Republic article argues the 2026 midterms reshaped the Supreme Court's future, with Democrats taking firm Senate control through wins including Sherrod Brown's Ohio victory and Nathan Johnson's Texas attorney general win, which Ford calls perhaps the night's most consequential downballot result. He forecasts Democrats will invoke the Garland precedent to refuse conservative court nominees, and says the results make it significantly more likely the court will not get younger or more conservative until 2032 at the earliest.