Supreme Court nominations creating a crisis for Democrats. Democrats powerless

Merrick Garland’s nomination was blocked by the Republican controlled senate to make way for Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination. It appears the USA is headed for an extended period of conservative leanings decisions. How might this affect the future and roll back the past? Might save Trump’s bacon if he’s eventually ousted from government - something that may not happen even if he loses the election. As a Canadian watching USA these last few years - its a shit show down there.
Here’s the quick story on how Republican controlled senate blocked Obama’s nomination so Trump could nominate Neil Gorsuch.

Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court nominationOn January 31, 2017, soon after taking office, President Donald Trump, a Republican, nominated Neil Gorsuch for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to succeed Antonin Scalia, who had died almost one year earlier. Then-president Barack Obama, a Democrat, nominated Merrick Garland to succeed Scalia on March 16, 2016, but the Republican-controlled U.S.en.m.wikipedia.org

Here’s an overview and graphic of the supreme court’s ideological leaning over time:

Ideological leanings of United States Supreme Court justicesThe United States Supreme Court is the highest federal court of the United States. Established pursuant to Article Three of the United States Constitution in 1789, it has ultimate (and largely discretionary) appellate jurisdiction over all federal courts and state court cases involving issues of federal law plus original jurisdiction over a small range of cases.en.m.wikipedia.org

What this means for future legal issues:

The True Victors of Trump's Supreme Court Nomination - The AtlanticAmy Coney Barrett's ascension is a triumph for the conservative legal movement.apple.news