Conservative majority in Supreme Court was a force in 2021 term, as power within appears to shift

The Supreme Court ended its 2021 term with three decisions considered big wins for conservatives across the country – the  striking down of Roe v. Wade and decisions to limit the EPA's authority and that strict limitations on carrying guns in public violate the Second Amendment – in what observers see as a sign of the court's conservative influence now and for years to come. 

An analysis of 13 major cases before by the court this term, showed five were decided by a 6-3 conservative majority and two by its 5-4 majority. 

To be sure, the court's biggest decision, which it saved for the closing days, was on Roe, which ended women's decades-old  constitutional right to abortion. The decision was 5-4, with the gun right's case being decided 6-3.