― nominating young, aggressively conservative judges who can serve extraordinarily long tenures, most of them vetted and put forward by the Federalist Society, a self-described conservative and libertarian law group with thousands of members, including judges.

― dismantling the structures of business regulation as much as they can (without the need for legislation). Structures, which in many cases, were first erected or designed by Republicans in the era of Republican Theodore Roosevelt.

― removing civil rights-based procedural protections built up over the years to guard against racism, overzealous prosecution and incarceration.

― undermining the role of science and environmental concerns in the oversight of the energy, manufacturing and transportation industries.

― clamping down administratively on immigration and, to the extent possible without legislation, abolishing the idea that immigrants have any kind of moral purchase on the American conscience.

― restricting, if not strangling, hard-won protections for voting rights enacted since the 1960s (the hard-right’s most foundational goal).